Snowman continues along the rampart, his foot now swollen and infected. At the eighth watchtower, he attaches his bed sheet to a pipe and climbs down it before landing, in great pain, on both feet. He enters the airlock and sees the remains of Oryx and Crake. In Crake's storeroom, he finds some antibiotics and gives himself a shot.
For several weeks, Jimmy remains holed up in Paradice, monitoring the Crakers via video cameras and watching news reports of sickness and chaos in the cities. According to the news, the virus has been named JUVE, for Jetspeed Ultra Virus Extraordinary. He watches in horror as his species dies out. Jimmy knows that it is only a matter of time before the bio-bubble's solar panels start to fail and the Crakers will be.....
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