The crowd parted as the interview ended, leaving them a path to the apartments. The crowd was already beginning to disperse, as they had gotten the basics of their questions answered by someone in charge.
Normally, they would get political non answers, and then it would be a day-long protest until people gave up, but today someone had just told them what happened, and then gave them gossip to share.
Everyone who had kids, especially ones whose kids would be undergoing the ceremony in the next few years, was excited to find out what the big news after the ceremony would be, as well as speculate on what the new record for advancement to Awakened was, and whether they knew someone who might be able to suddenly increase in power.
