What happened to Bobby? You like to know? Come with me—read with open eyes, and experience with open mind—ascent the elevator, slowed by religious practice, to a transition point where an overworked chief overlooks a closed world—just keep them comfortable and let the nature take its course.

You discover the fragility of life where dismissing, euthanasia, is cinch; preserving and living needs persistence. Yes, it has come to this; your life’s in his hands, could vanish in an instant, or saved to fight another day. Now, retreat to a corner; listen for the alarm bells, code words and observe, like Bobby did—out of body.

What toll does it take on mind and body of the one who decides: who lives and who goes, week in and week out, in a closed system? What happens to him in the end? But before he had his turn to meet his maker, what plan did he have in mind for Bobby, knowing what he knew then?