- Marcus and Jolu explain more to the crowd about what Xnet does, how it's the "last open communications network" in America (11.5).
- In a show of trust, Marcus tells how he was locked up by the DHS after the bombs went off. It's moving.
- Ange puts up her hand and adds that they shouldn't trust old people. She says, "We may be dumb, we may be young, but we're not scum" (11.17).
- Stirring speech time over: it's time to make some cypto keys. Ange goes first. Marcus goes at the end. Everyone hangs out and has a good time getting to know people.
- To be super secure, Marcus kills the laptop with a hammer. Then goes to soak it in salt water for ten minutes. Ange comes with him.
- There's something in the air, but Marcus doesn't kiss Ange or take her hand. They look out over the ocean together.
- Party over, a bunch of the kids (including Marcus and Ange) get on a bus, then all drift towards their homes. Marcus gets on his Xbox and starts typing in the keys from the party.
- He's messaged by spexgril. It's Ange. They flirt and chat a bit, she asks him to come with her Saturday to an illegal open-air concert in Dolores Park. The Speedwhores, Trudy Doo's band, is headlining.
- Marcus sees graffiti the next day that says "Don't trust anyone over 25" (11.94). That's also the name of the concert.
- There's stuff all over the place branded with the slogan. He spends a lazy Saturday wandering around then surfing the Xnet.
- Back at school in Ms. Galvez's class the slogan's written on the blackboard.
- She laughs and the class laughs. See, she's a cool teacher.
- History time: We learn about the hippies, the Free Speech Movement, and the Yippies. The Yippies tried to levitate the Pentagon and were political pranksters. The Yippies also had the slogan "never trust anyone over thirty."
- Charles is really upset by these stories of people starting revolutions. He says all these groups sound like terrorists.
- Debate ensues about who counts as "us" and "them." For Charles, "if you support America, you're us. If you support the people who are shooting at Americans, you're them" (11.129).
- So how can you tell the two groups apart?
- Marcus has been looking something up, then drops a dense paragraph about abolishing government on the class.