Summary

Chapter 18 begins with Day ruminating on his argument with June and her comments on money. He remembers a day when he found Eden eating a half-empty can of beef hash that his mother was saving for dinner and took the blame for him. He shifts back to the present and searches the main room for food. He thinks about his situation and wonders if he will be accepted by the Colonies. June enters and tells him that one of the tunnels likely leads to the Colonies. She critiques his fighting style and offers to teach him better technique. He accepts, thinking that it is her attempt at an apology, and she coaches him on how to stand and punch.

The fighting lesson ends and June almost falls. Day realizes that she is sick and takes her to a bed...