Summary

In Chapter 13, Day awakes to see Tess standing above him. Narrating from the first person, he realizes he is in a wheelchair with bandages over his head and one hand. He asks what happened and Tess explains that the excitement of the attack caused a “bad reaction” (182). She tells him that they are back in Los Angeles and that he has a Ruby sector (a wealthy part of town) apartment waiting. Soldiers help him into a jeep and he hugs Tess before they drive him away. Day watches Los Angeles residents protest the new refugees and soldiers shout for people to remain orderly. He notices subtle differences between this scene and what he expects, however – the soldiers are giving the refugees food rations and the protesters are being allowed to protest. He realizes that the Republic government and the...