- Oh yeah, and now a depressing postscript: D-503 has been subjected to the Operation.
- He relates how he was captured and taken along with S-4711, then hit with the big lobotomy.
- I-330 is brought before him, along with a large group of prisoners but refuses to testify in his presence, despite being tortured multiple times.
- The other prisoners prove more willing to play ball, and D-503 promises that they will receive their punishment quickly. They have to, you see: the rebellion is raging out of control.
- Even so D-503 has high hopes that the State will win. "For Reason must prevail." (40.7)