“Looks like the whole city coming to save the hotel.”

“I hope so.”

The chanting never stops. It’s coming out of loudspeakers everywhere. The whole place is wired for sound.

THE PEOPLE UNITED CAN NEVER BE DEFEATED.
THE PEOPLE UNITED CAN NEVER BE DEFEATED.
STOP THE EVICTION! WE WON’T MOVE!
STOP THE EVICTION! WE WON’T MOVE!
WE WON’T MOVE!
WE WON’T MOVE!
WE WON’T MOVE!

I’m feeling the excitement. They’re telephoning and radioing the whole city. People pouring in to Manilatown. Put their bodies up against the I-Hotel.