Chapter 5
Immediately inside the Monitor Center was a large lobby. The walls were white without anything to break up the monotonous color except the thin, barely-there strip four feet off the floor, similar to the one in my bedroom which the Monitor had used earlier to assess my health. The strip was present in all rooms throughout the Colony. It was used in conjunction with the screens to keep us safe, or so we were told. Rumor had it that, in times of warning or trouble, the strip would pulse with a red inner light, directing us to the nearest screen to await further instructions, but in my lifetime, that had never happened. We were safe, and there was no need to warn us about anything.
The Monitor beside Teacher Mendra led the way through a pair of glass doors, further into the facili
