Chapter 10
Some of the people didn't relate to the pacifiscm in Sonny's message. All they saw was somebody who had acted like an enemy. This made them very afraid and they covered up the fear with pride. Activists organized into a movement of hostility. Their prime objective was to seek out and destroy those who were threatening them. But they had a problem. They were still too scared to venture out in to the unknowns of the outerlands. Ironically, their solution lay in Sonny. With Sonny's help, they could find out who, what and where these outsiders were. Armed with this knowledge, they could safely go out and conquer this threat.

On the other hand, many people had related to Sonny's message but they were pacifists, not ones to hold back the angry ones. Consequently, the hostiles gained momemtum as the dominant force at the listening center. The leader of the uprising declared their dominance giving this speech:

"Sonny Andrews tells us about these outsiders who have been sending us messages. How they had corrupted these messages hoping to confuse and mislead us. He said they did this to protect themselves, I say they are a bunch of cowards. He said we should not fear them, I say so too. How can you fear a bunch of cowards? He says we should try to understand them, I say true. We should understand them so that we can hunt down these small minded people. Finally, he says we must come together so that we will be stronger than we are now. Come together? Oh, we will come together. We will come together and realize much might as we devour these cowards. Sonny Andrews has delivered us a great gift and glory will be ours".

Sonny fled the hall that night overwhelmed with fear. It was all that mattered underneath the weight of its suffocating ambush, because fear was the worst to those who thought they were immune to it. And even worse to those who were alone. He knew that the crusade was over. He had to destroy the invention or else the invention would destroy the two cities. So he went back later that night and got his computer, smashed it against the ground and threw it into the river.

And then he disappeared.
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