Summary

Chapter 7 is a flashback. Father and Emmeline went for a walk and he spoke briefly about her tests. He continued to ask her what she and Mother talked about when they were together. Father picked some grass while they spoke, saying how he missed the smell of growing things. The reader is told that Emmeline's mother used to be a history teacher and that George, the man Emmeline will be paired with, used to be her student.

Father had decided that he needed to educate Emmeline about Agenda 21. He asked her what she already knew and she told him that she knew what it was, but not why it was done. Father told her that at first it was a matter of no one liking or trusting the people in charge, so the people elected those that told them what they seemed to...