Summary

Speaking to Gwen about her opportunity to CrossOver, Coach Link said he thought she was “courageous and righteous” (193) but that she “belongs at Net U” (193). Gwen told Coach Link that she did not plan on Crossing Over but later admitted otherwise to her parents, remarking how all she knows, as Surplus, “is dissent. And there is more to life than dissent” (195). Ondi began dating Winny Wannabe.

Net U advocated for the use of GenetImprovement, and in a memo to the baseball team, said that the procedures would be funded through the school without any risk to reproductive organs, using “GonadWrap” (198). Gwen refused, calling it a “charade” (198). Ondi received Upgrades that increased her strength and improved her throwing accuracy. Gwen’s decision to opt out was supported by Coach Link, who offered protection by not reporting her decision to officials. Gwen told her parents...