In this chapter, the reader is introduced to a new character named Woodsheaf. She is a young woman who has been exiled from the U.S. and is now living in France. She tells the reader that she has been able to hack into the "3 layer security" of the government's system and that she is the only person who can access the system. She explains that she was exiled from France because she did not know how to communicate with the government. When she returned to France, she saw the body of Irene, who had been killed in the previous day's attack. She also saw that a year had passed since Irene's death, and that the entire population of France had been resurrected with a single chip. She asks the reader to go to the grocery store and see what is in the produce section. She says that she wants to meet the viviana face to face. A dog ate her homework, and she says that he should not worry about the brain being preserved. He says that the brain is intact and that he wants to see her face. He wants to know what is happening in the world. He goes to the market place and sees that there is a lot of food in the food section. He asks the shopkeeper if he can go inside to see if there is anything else in the store. The shopkeeper tells him that the government has appointed a new commander to wipe out the remaining rebels in the country. The new commander has given the rebels an ultimatum to surrender or face the consequences. The narrator says that this is a good thing, because his old doctor had banned him from drinking and living in hell. He wonders