Records 10-14 Summary

In the morning, D-503 feels purified, distilled, and transparent. The controller, U-, tells him to expect a letter by noon, after it is cleared by the Guardians. At work, he cannot concentrate. He fetches the letter: an official notice that I-330 has been assigned to him. He is aghast, and memories of the last day swim in his head. At 20:45, with his heart beating painfully against the iron bars of his ribs, D-503 goes to I-330's room and hands her the pink check. He watches as she finishes doing something. The mocking X of her face irritates him. Smiling, she reminds him of the penalty for not reporting crime, making him feels like a guilty little boy, caught in a net.

I-330 closes the curtains, cutting them off from the world, rustles in her closet, and emerges in a saffron...