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Lukas and Bernard stand before a large chart showing the arrangement of all the silos. Some are crossed out with red marks. Lukas does not know what the diagram shows but notes that the circles are laid out like servers. He also sees a map of Atlanta in the corner.

Bernard reveals to Lukas that there are more silos and relates that because there was no cleaning, “now all hell will break loose, and people will die” (294). He gives Lukas a spare key to the secret server that leads to the communication panel and bunkroom to wear around his neck. He leads Lukas further into the IT bunkroom under the server, where there are books about humanity’s history and a thick book called the Order that he tells Lukas he must study. The Order dictates what to do if various calamities affect the silo. Lukas asks what the Order says about the failed cleaning that morning. Bernard directs him to a page that reads: “In Case of a Failed Cleaning: Prepare for War” (296).

Juliet follows Solo down into the floor of the server and into his messy bedroom. Solo tells her that he is fairly sure that he is the only survivor, though sometimes he finds things moved about and thinks there may be others.