How It All Goes Down
- That night, Lena frets throughout the entire dinner about whether or not she should go meet Alex.
- She decides to do it, telling her aunt that she has to pick up something she forgot at Hana's house.
- Pedaling her bike to the coast, she worries about "the revolving eye that [she] knows is always watching" (6.53). Yes, Lena lives in Middle-earth.
- Sure enough, the Regulators march up and perform an identity check on Lena. They run her ID through the Secure Validation System and tell her to be home before curfew. "You wouldn't want to get into any trouble" (6.74), they tell her, as though they hope she gets into trouble so they can rough her up a bit. Creepy.
- She finally gets to Back Cove where she sees a beautiful sunset… but no Alex. Wah wah wah.