Despite getting significant interest, Longstreet manages to convince the panel that the technology is too dangerous to use. It is then revealed that Longstreet himself gave Mailer the necessary equipment - on condition that they be used only for test purposes. It is these tests that David is experiencing. Herdeg, meanwhile, is furious to learn that Longstreet has lied to _him_, and packs to leave California, hoping to get far enough away from the experiment. <sep>, Pronoun: him <sep>, A: Herdeg <sep>, B: Longstreet