titillating and amusing chapter narrated by beautiful young woman NAME_1 from the first person perspective, conveying her thoughts and feelings in vivid detail. NAME_2 is a 20-year old student. She is lying in hospital bed, her head, legs and pelvis in traction. She has to share a room with three other young women, also casted and braced, awkwardly using their wheelchair and crutches, all of them about 30 years old. NAME_3 is a haughty and confident corporate manager, NAME_4 is self-righteous military office and NAME_5 is sarcastic independent journalist. Despite there not being a significant age difference between NAME_2 and other three women, they all seem to be trying to insert themselves into some kind of mentorship role. This leads to petty arguments and squabbles, as NAME_6 is a right-wing nationalist, NAME_7 is left-wing anarcho-socialist and NAME_8 is aggressively centrist.