====== The Compunction Statement ======

The **Compunction Statement** is repeated by a [[severance procedure|severed]] employee who has been sent to the [[break room]] for an unconscionable infraction. It is meant to elicit remorse but since it is written with awkward and self-loathing words, it is an effective form of torture. The security person administering this punishment can register the sincerity of the employee by reading a biofeedback printout; the biometrics are taken from the employee's hands which slot into special hand-shaped depressions in the table.

The employee typically must read the statement many times before saying it with a satisfactory amount of remorse.

===== Statement Text =====

<WRAP script inset>Forgive me for the harm I have caused this world. None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on. I am thankful to have been caught, my fall cut short by those with wizened hands. All I can be is sorry, and that is all I am.</WRAP>

===== Appearances =====

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==== Season 1 =====

  * [[Half Loop]] - Petey plays Mark a recording of a past session in the Break Room
  * [[In Perpetuity]] - Helly is sent to the Break Room to read the statement

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