Ruby wakes up in the Infirmary to the voice of a young doctor, Dr. Cate Begbie. The narrative is continuing now from after the events of the Prologue. We learn that Ruby is recovering from the White Noise incident; when Thurmond used Calm Control against the entire camp, the sound made Ruby bleed and lose consciousness, and she was injured. Cate Begbie speaks to Ruby kindlier than she is accustomed to, and Ruby is suspicious that it might be a trick. Dr. Begbie identifies herself as being a volunteer with the Leda Corporation, and she asks whether Ruby always experiences pain and bleeding from the Calm Control. Ruby worries that Dr. Begbie knows she is not really a Green.

Dr. Begbie gets called away and leaves her clipboard in Ruby’s lap. Ruby makes sure she is not being watched by cameras, and she observes the portrait of Thurmond’s first inmate, Clancy Gray, on the wall. She tries to read her chart, and she finds instead it’s a note Dr. Begbie has written to her. Dr. Begbie’s note says that the camp knows from her extreme reaction to the White Noise that she’s not a Green and that they plan to kill her the next day.