The List

At home, Letta finds Marlo lying on the street behind the shop. She drags him inside and he apologizes for putting her in danger. When he wakes later, she tells him about Finn, the woman with the saxophone, and the music. Marlo says the woman’s name is Leyla—she worked with Noa until he outlawed music. Letta is skeptical. She doesn’t understand why someone would betray Noa for something as trivial as music.

Marlo says she’s brave and asks what Letta wants from her life. Letta says wants to be a wordsmith and to shape a new world. Marlo says he doesn’t want a new world without freedom. Letta says that to not follow Noa is to invite another disaster. Marlo retorts that there is risk in everything. He says humans have feelings and Feeling is not a List word, so Noa doesn’t have to take feelings into account. Letta believes that obeying their feelings will only lead to the same mistakes, especially with so few survivors. Marlo envies her ability to believe Noa, but he can’t do it. She remembers Daniel’s face as he was taken away, and her temper flares, despite her support for Ark and Noa.