Four studied her, annoyed and disappointed. "Haven’t you been paying attention? You need to understand there are fewer than twenty people in North America that have any real power, and Mark Rothmore was on that list. Of course Charles knew them, and of course they socialized. Cortex is the only public company in the world that fabricates analytical engines, and that means Charles has power . He would go to the Hamptons, play tennis with Julia, and decide the future of America with Mark, and all the while, I was left alive, powered up and forcibly immersed in a void scenario."