The Homeless Shelter
Florida shelter where Carl met the residual Paulie, an encounter the whole galaxy watched come to nothing.
Story so far
Carl cites the Florida homeless shelter as his precedent when arguing with Zev: Agatha is a Residuals just like that guy at the homeless shelter, and he was told they're harmless — so why the sudden change? Zev confirms that when Carl went off to meet Paulie last floor everyone was riveted and it turned out to be nothing, that residuals appear in the dungeon every season, and that they truly are harmless as far as she knows.
Orren later told Carl that Agatha is a different kind of residual than the one at the shelter. Carl's private recollection of what really happened between him and Paulie suggests the public verdict of "nothing" was wrong.
Role
Site of Carl's first residual encounter and the baseline he uses to challenge the new warning.
Relationships
Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
- An eighth-floor episode Tempest thinks belongs in the report and Quasar insists was a non-event.
- The dungeon's replica shelter where a man nobody listens to hands out the end of the galaxy with the coffee.
- Memory-world shelter whose coffee, breakfast, and Lysol smell linger with Carl through the chapter.
- Florida shelter where Carl met the residual Paulie, an encounter the whole galaxy watched come to nothing.