Part 3 Summary

Chapter 12: A seductive, female voice wakes Mark Hall from his sleep. He asks who is speaking, and the sensual voice repeats its message: "Time to wake up, sir." (page 121) He looks around the room, but he is alone. He asks the woman her name, and she again repeats her message. He notices a blinking light on his nightstand and pushes the button next to it; this time when he speaks, the voice does not respond.

Hall wonders how the system works; it is obviously interactive since the message repeats in response to his voice. To test his belief that there is a human being on the other end of this wake up service, he pushes the button on his nightstand again. The woman's voice asks him if he needs anything. He asks her to tell him his name. Moments later, a man's voice...