scattering
Names: scatteringscatterscatteredscatterings
First appears in Book 4: Heaven’s River, chapter 19 (19. You Did What?)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 4: Heaven’s River
- Ch 19Locals speak of 'scattering' as a bad thing that happens to individuals or large groups; no clear definition is found.
- Ch 21Scattering can fall on an entire town as collateral punishment, not just on the troublemaker.
- Ch 22The team infers scattering is an involuntary relocation imposed by the Administrator, perhaps to isolate troublemakers.
- Ch 29Scattering relocates offenders, from individuals to whole towns, to random locations, with no two people sent to the same place.
- Ch 61A scattering appears to involve knocking out a town's residents with an artificial sleep fog released at night.