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=== Characters Appearing in This Chapter ===
*[[{{a|Pandora]]}}
*[[{{a|Isabelle Monday]]}}
*[[{{a|The Courier]]}}
*[[{{a|Con Yung]]}}
*[[{{a|Veronica Fortuna]]}}
*[[{{a|Natalya Ustrashkina]]}}
*[[{{a|Zero Angiers]]}}
*[[{{a|Hemmel]]}}
*[[{{a|Lyra Lujic]]}}
*[[{{a|Maple]]}} {{1a}} {{1n}}
*[[{{a|Gabriel Glenholm]]}} {{1a}} {{1n}}
 
=== Synopsis ===
Picking up immediately where the previous chapter left off, [[Isabelle Monday|Isabelle]] approaches [[The Courier|the cop]] and tries to lead him out of the room. [[Veronica Fortuna|VeronicaMiss Fortuna]] explains that Isabelle and the other dancers are also sex workers, and they sometimes use their skills to distract cops if [[The Resistance|the resistance]] needs someone out of the way<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/02/27/chapter-4-page-1/</ref>.
 
The rest of the resistance wonders where the courier is, and worry he may have been caught by the police<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/02/29/chapter-4-page-3/</ref>. Pandora findfinds a customer who gives the signal that he is the courier: he orders a silver tequila and an extra dry Martini<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/01/chapter-4-page-4/</ref>. However, this signal is merely a coincidence and the customer is not actually the courier<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/02/chapter-4-page-5/</ref>.
 
The cop returns from a back room, as Isabelle is unable to distract him any longer, and he makes racist and misogynistic comments about Pandora, to which Isabelle angrily reprimands him<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/04/chapter-4-page-7/</ref>. The cop then reveals that he ''is'' the courier, disguised as a cop<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/05/chapter-4-page-8/</ref>, and that he's also a raging transphobe<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/06/chapter-4-page-9/</ref>. The courier refuses to pay Isabelle for her time, but VeronicaMiss Fortuna assures Isabelle that VeronicaMiss Fortuna will make sure sheIsabelle gets paid<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/06/chapter-4-page-9/</ref>.
 
Pandora asks Isabelle why she seemingly tries to hide her anger. Isabelle explains that anger is often seen as a "male" emotion, even though, as Pandora points out, cis women like [[Lyra Lujic|Lyra]] and VeronicaMiss Fortuna get angry<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/07/chapter-4-page-10/</ref>. Pandora says she will try to do the same thing, but Isabelle says she doesn't think it is healthy<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/08/chapter-4-page-11/</ref>. Pandora and Isabelle reflect on their lives, and agree that, while being a trans girl is tough<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/09/chapter-4-page-12/</ref>, they can handle it together as "sisters," and they are glad they found each other<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/10/chapter-4-page-13/</ref>.
 
In the next room, Zero explains that the package is a data drive containing decryption keys<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/11/chapter-4-page-14/</ref>. As the courier is about to leave, Hemmel and Natalya ask him to pay Isabelle<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/12/chapter-4-page-15/</ref>. The courier again refuses and grabs Pandora, leading Isabelle to attack him<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/13/chapter-4-page-16/</ref>. Pandora then attacks the courier, prompting Hemmel to welcome Pandora into the resistance<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/14/chapter-4-page-17/</ref>.
 
Back at home, Pandora and Isabelle watch a televised interview with [[Gabriel Glenholm]], the CEO of [[Monopolith#The Helper Corporation|The Helper Corporation]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/15/chapter-4-page-18/</ref>. Gabriel claims that buying and selling [[Helpers]] as property is nothing like slavery, and he forces his enslaved Helper [[Maple]] to pretend to agree with him<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/16/chapter-4-page-19/</ref>.
 
After the interview, Maple reveals that she does not like being enslaved: she is able to resist her [[Helper Programming|programming]]<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/17/chapter-4-page-20/</ref>. Gabriel and Maple are interrupted by an assistant, who informs Gabriel that the resistance has rescued Pandora<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/18/chapter-4-page-21/</ref>.
 
After the interview, Maple reveals that she does not like being enslaved: she is able to resist her programming<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/17/chapter-4-page-20/</ref>. Gabriel and Maple are interrupted by an assistant, who informs Gabriel that the resistance has rescued Pandora<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/18/chapter-4-page-21/</ref>.
=== Trivia ===
* {{InfoUpdateFlag|9}}, Chapter 4 is the only chapter in which Pandora does not appear on the final page.
* The dialogue on the final page of this chapter was altered slightly between its original release and [[Volume 1: Broken|the book]]. In the version of the page on pandorastale.com, Gabriel Glenholm says he wants to know "how the hell [Pandora] was able to disobey [her] Overseers and get as far away as [she] did."<ref>https://pandorastale.com/2020/03/18/chapter-4-page-21/</ref> The term "Overseer" was previously used for [[Kyndley]] in the script for [[Broken, Part 1|Chapter 1]]. However, in the book, as well as the version on the fediverse, Glenholm instead refers to "our people," omitting Kyndley's title. <ref>https://mastodon.lol/@comicsbyxan/109429358958569412</ref><ref>https://archive.today/d3nii</ref>. The reason for the change is that [[Xan]] decided to make Kyndley's title [[Product Care Agent|PCA]] instead, but she didn't want to introduce that term when it wouldn't be explained for another four chapters<ref>https://mastodon.lol/@comicsbyxan/109436552863220387</ref><ref>https://archive.today/Rx1U1</ref>.
 
=== Chapters ===
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