Shift

Donald is awakened a third time and is told that a cleaner walked away from her silo. Confused, Donald thinks they’re talking about Helen for a moment. When Donald asks why they woke him, one of the medical personnel calls him Mr. Thurman and insists that he told them to awaken him under these circumstances.

Jimmy Parker is in class when his mother suddenly bursts into the room and pulls him out of his seat. It’s the day before a cleaning, and they were studying the rules from the Pact. Jimmy is embarrassed and annoyed, but when he sees the fear in his mother’s eyes, he follows her without complaint.

As Jimmy and his mother work their way down the central stairs, they can hear the thunderous approach of angry people. Making their way down, they pass a dead body on the stairs. They begin running into people, and the sound from the mob below is deafening. At level 34, they’re separated by the crowd. Jimmy is pushed against the inside of the stairwell, while his mother is on the outside. Jimmy climbs up onto the railing and continues to make his way down. He spots his mother and calls to her over the crowd, and she tells him to get to his father.