Chapter 19
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After getting the groceries Eve returned home. Mom and dad were out, Eve was still a bit upset, but getting suprisingly used to her parents' respective adultery. Eve tried to catch Saturday morning cartoons. She came across one about teens imbued with super powers to protect this world fromevil aliens. Adam and Eve used to watch this as kids, but all their original heroes had been replaced. Later that day Eve watched the news. They talked about the rise of religious activites these last few months, particularly christianity and Islam. Even a pornagrpher named Ricky Jenkins was showing religious portariats in his magazine. Whether this was hopeful, or degrading, was being debated. It was also being debated if Jenkins' "spirituality" was genuine, or if he was given the perverts what they wanted at the moment. In China, some of those who threatened to strike were executed. President Cheng had eventually granted religious liberty in the people's republic, the blame for the executions fell on one "rogue" officer who'd then committed suicide. In his note he expressed disdain for religious revival and hoped it would be eliminated in the Arks, a secular fundamentalist till the end. Later the news was talking about private companies like Ravenwood and Lockheed Martin building shelters against ELE. President Mason was considering confiscating these shelters under emminent domain. The question became whether he had the authority to do this. No doubt Mason felt this was for the collective good. Eve thought about this. The more shelters the state possessed the more people wouldbe selected from the random lottery. But she was the daughter of an upper level Ravenwood executive. She might have a better chance to get into a shelter like this. The question she had to face was what did she value more, her own life, or the collective good.