Summary

Mae continues ignoring calls from Kalden. By noon, a campus-wide trial of Demoxie will be enacted. The results, the Wise Men say, will be acted upon within one day. Around 12:30, Mae finally answers one of Kalden’s calls. He has blocked his audio once again, and says it is a matter of life or death. He explains the mandatory thing and the positive reaction it has received, is the last step in closing the Circle, and it can’t be done. A private company controlling all of the information in the country, and its voting services, either has to be broken up or reined in. It is a tyrannical monopoly. Mae accuses Kalden of being a spy for a loony anarchist politician like Senator Williamson. Kalden ignores her, saying it is a pivotal moment in history, the kind which leads...