Chapters 32-34 Summary

Madrone returns to San Francisco in Chapter 32 and the chapter opens with her view of the Golden Gate Bridge where an "empty sky gaped through missing sections, and no festive lights decked the cables" (pg. 420.) Madrone finds the front door to the Black Dragon House uncharacteristically locked, and Sam does not recognize her when he opens it. The chapter switches to Bird's narrative, where the members of his unit are struggling to come to grips with Ohnine's breakdown. Bird explains to them that the Witches will not kill Ohnine and furthermore that they will help him with the withdrawals associated with getting off the boosters. The chapter closes with Bird again being tortured as the General has learned the reason why no one has come to take Bird's water ration cards. Each household in the city has had its own water...