We Record 25 Summary

  • The Day of Unanimity arrives. Every gathers to listen to delightful Hymns and watch as supreme-leader-forever the Well-Doer descents from the sky to peddle the usual totalitarian malarkey.
  • D-503 watches the ceremony and feels suddenly a little twitchy and nervous.
  • He spots S-4711, talking with I-330 and R-13. He gets a little green-eyed.
  • A vote is taken, with everyone supposed to be voting for the Well-Doer in unison. But a small percentage of the crowd votes "nay."
  • His jealousy overwhelms him and he confronts R-13, telling him to get up off of his woman. R-13 complies and D-503 carries I-330 away.
  • Some ways away, she tells him excitedly that "Tomorrow, nobody knows what… do you understand? Neither I nor anyone else knows; it is unknown!" (25.33)