Rainbows End Chapter 25 Summary

You Can't Ask Alice Anymore

  • Meanwhile: the library dance freaks out Braun, but maybe it will work out.
  • Meanwhile: Bob is looking at this riot, which seems cuh-razy, but not necessarily something he needs to deal with.
  • Also, Alice seems obsessed still with the biotech labs. So it seems like she's gone a little crazy too.
  • When Bob contacts her, it looks like she's having a bit of a breakdown—like too-wide eyes and drooling on her blouse. So he removes her from the analyst pool. Which doesn't look good, and is probably going to lead to some domestic issues. ("I'm sorry I had to dismiss you, Alice, but you were drooling on your blouse.")
  • Meanwhile: Rabbit has gotten really into the riot. It was supposed to be a diversion, but he's having a lot of fun with whoever is controlling Dangerous Knowledge.
  • But he also suspects Alfred's operation underground is interesting. So he hacks into Alfred's private network. And he notices that the data in the lab doesn't match against the data being sent out to Braun and Mitsuri.
  • Rabbit figures that Alfred is running a secret program. He's studying animals to figure out "Molecular Biology of Cognition." In other words: mind control.
  • Rabbit thinks that technology could be bad if Alfred develops it, but it might be fun if he had it. So he tries to contact the Elder Cabal.