The Windup Girl

Anderson picks up Emiko from the club and brings her to his apartment. The white shirts have been raiding Raleigh’s place, and even though some of them have experimented with Emiko, they do not harm her because Raleigh now pays triple the amount of bribes. As a result, Emiko thinks it is most unlikely he will let her leave. Anderson and Emiko lie naked on the bed together, and she observes scars on his chest that look like they have come from spring-guns. There are also whip-like scars on his back. She despairs that she will never be able to leave. Anderson offers her some hope: he will ask Raleigh if she can stay with him, and not at the club, because of the white shirts, though Anderson knows he can’t afford her outright.

Hock Seng finds himself isolated and in danger in the city. Yellow cards are another target for white shirt and Thai anger as conditions worsen. He espies a clipper ship on the water and inquires about it to a vendor. All river access is blocked as the white shirts continue to take their anger out on the business district.