Tue
Jul
31
Chapter 71. HARD TO BE ONE [BEWARE! SERIOUS SPOILERS HERE!]
The old man [“as American as it got”] explains to Hollis that the United States “sent nearly twelve billion dollars in cash to Iraq, between March 2003 and June 2004… intended to cover the transition of power from the Coalition Provisional Authority to the interim Iraqi government. The largest one-time transfer in the history of the New York Fed.”
After sharing some food with Garreth [a BASE jumper and fan of the Curfew, among other things], the old man asks Hollis how she would feel about being exposed to an “uncertain amount” of radiation as Hollis wonders if she is experiencing a bit of Stockholm Syndrome herself when she agrees to go with Garreth to observe his mission. [683 characters]