Chapter 41: Rest Twenty - Quiet

*"You have a bad day"*

## Major Events

### Dream

* Ten wakes up to Lilah taunting her in the hallway. Ten notices she is smoking a cigarette to which she asks when Lilah became a smoker
* Then realizes it's a dream when she can't smell the smoke. After some arguing Lilah pushes Ten to the ground and starts strangling her

### Present

* Ten jolts awake before she realizes Yosuke is pinning her on the floor of the hallway. She realizes he was in the middle of carrying her while she was dreaming
* After assuring her that she's safe, they continue walking to the hallway until they turn a corner and see Mom. Ten notes that she seemed tired until Mom strokes Yosuke's chin and notices several thick stiches on her hand - indicating she was deeply cut there.
* Mom says there's more on her back and stomach and that the Boss had administered a harsher physical punishment. It is said that Milos had helped stitch her up
* Mom playfully blames Yosuke for what happened to her and reminds him of what she asked the other day. Yosuke taunts her by kissing Ten while keeping eye contact with Mom and bids her goodbye while addressing her as "Mother" before leaving
* Mom reminds Ten that she doesn't want to be reminded of her injuries and to pretend she didn't see them.
* When Ten enters the rec rooms, she sees all the numbers again
	+ Cyrus and Violet chatting by the pool table
	+ Eight reading a book on the couch
	+ Five and Six playing against Two and Three in a card game on the floor
	+ Lav and Blue watching TV
* Ten opts to approach the Peaches and the Twins and asking about their card game. It shows that the twins are bad liars and the Peaches know each other well to gang up on them. Six ends up winning the round
* Cyrus finally brings attention to the card game and notices Ten to which he says he was distracted by Violet. Cyrus says he wants to talk to Ten about the other day but Violet counters by saying he promised to swim with her
* He tries to invite Ten and the others to swim with them but Violet has a problem with this (indicated she wanted it to just be her and Cyrus). Ten attempts to graciously back away but Violet calls out Ten for "wanting" to join but opting to sit out. Violet's apparent jealously of Ten comes out - catching all the number's attention around the room
* Cyrus eventually steps in and tries to diffuse the situation however his tone comes across as an attack to Violet. Violet says she's the one being hurt but then tries to get Cyrus to leave the room with her. However, Cyrus counters saying that he only sees her as a friend and that if she continues down this path, she would be doing a huge disservice to herself
* Violet admits she knew deep inside that Cyrus didn't feel the same level of affection towards her but convinced herself that if she tried hard enough, he would change his mind
* They agree to take time apart from each other
* After Violet leaves the room, the number discuss amongst themselves. There is a mix opinion of sympathy, pity and wondering how to comfort her. Despite how difficult Violet was to the other numbers, they all realize that she was struggling just as badly as everyone else
* Eight joins in the conversation, calling out that they aren't doing Violet any favors by gossiping about her.
* Two and Eight are elected to talk to Cyrus about his side of the problem
* Lav asks Ten if she wants to talk about it but she opts to have time to herself
* After excusing herself, Ten wanders out to the gate area

### The Gate Area

* Ten struggles with her conflicting feelings with Yosuke - wanting him but at the same time doesn't. And how Mom has ruined the rec rooms from her (previously being seen as an escape for the doctors but after the incident, the area makes her uncomfortable)
* Ten slides down on the gates and looks at the bars. She is brought out of her thoughts when a set of metal doors open.
* She sees a small figure walk through the hallways - noticing their light orange hospital gown and a gauze on their arm. Immediately, this indicates that this person is another prisoner but not from Ten's group
* Ten calls out to the person after hearing them murmur their frustrations to themselves
* The girl introduces herself as Jay (J) - showing that she's from a different group defined by letters
* Jay explains she was attempting to run away by listening closely to the key punches from her doctor. However, she exclaims she's sure she won't make it out alive seeing how she ran into another prisoner area with no exit in sight
* Jay isn't sure a code was going to let her through the exit when she finds it but tries to recite it to Ten in hopes it helps her. (1059-)
* But is cut off when another set of doors open up behind her - indicating that Jay has been caught in her escape attempt
* Ten sees a Man who is vaguely familiar to her but is definitely not the Boss since he didn't have the blonde hair she caught from when she first woke up
* Jay panics and attempts to run but the man shoots her on the side of her head. She falls to the floor but is still alive - her head starting to bleed out. The Gunman walks towards Jay before pinning her down with his foot and shooting her point blank - instantly killing her.
* Ten stares at the gunman and notices details, scar on his cheek, the indifferent expression after murdering Jay, and a silver earring on his left ear. He then points his pistol at Ten from behind the bars
* Mom comes out of the records office but stops when she realizes the scene.
* Before the Gunman could say anything to Mom, the door opens again but this time, a set of workers and a blonde man comes through. Ten recognizes him as the Boss
* The boss lightly scolds the gunman about murdering Jay and that she could have been salvaged.
* Boss turns his attention to Mom and calls her by her first name "Vanessa" and demands her to lock the doors and open the gate
* Once the gates open, the gunman kicks Ten to the ground and she fearfully asks if she will be killed. The Boss presses Ten for her name and tells her to forget what she saw
* The Boss tells the Gunman to put Ten under and return her to her room and contact Lilah for post mortem work before leaving
* The Gunman inject anesthesia to Ten's neck area and he tells her that this is all a "bad dream." Chapter ends when Ten is lulled to sleep

## Trivia

* First physical introduction of the Boss and his Gunman - along with the turn of events, their introduction is considered the turning point of the story
* Despite only meeting Lilah once, it is interesting that Ten dreamt of her smoking. It is not known whether or not Lilah actually smokes
* Ten's dream of Lilah could symbolize death due to her specialty and the timing of when the dream occurred
* When explaining her injuries Mom states, “*Our little overseer gave me quite a few deep lacerations for being naughty.*" - this is the first subtle mention of the Boss' preferred title to Ten
* Jay (J) is from another division of prisoners in the Facility, which is later confirmed to be known as the "letters"
* When Ten first saw the Gunman, he is familiar because she had met him before her memory wipe
* First instance of Ten witnessing a murder and the sound of gunshots
* Mom's first name is revealed to be "Vanessa" - her full name revealed to be Vanessa Wiess
* First chapter to break the 11k wordcount