There are no more Sabbath days in the final 30 days of the competition. Genesis 11 votes Katsu in as captain, but the team loses again. So far, Genesis 11 has only won on the days that Morning has had to sit out the race. In the afternoon, Emmett beats Loche in a fight and resists going in for the kill, thinking, “I won’t become what Babel’s trying to make me” (321). That evening, Bilal and Emmett come to terms with the fact that for Emmett to make it to Eden, Bilal will have to lose.

When Emmett arrives at the Contact Room for his phone call, he sees Morning crying, and he holds her and comforts her. During Emmett’s call, his mother and father encourage him to succeed. Emmett asks his father what he should do with the key, and his father tells him to bury it on Eden to signify a new start to their lives. After the call, Emmett heads to the Rabbit Room for a workout. There, he’s cornered by Roathy and Isadora, who plan to kill him. Suddenly, the