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leadership-and-authority
The tension between Mark and Gary highlights conflicts over command, experience, and decision-making within the group.
1 chapter across 1 book
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1976)Kate Wilhelm
Chapter 25
In Chapter 25, Mark experiences a vivid nightmare and wakes to find himself alone and exhausted. He returns to a group preparing an expedition to Philadelphia but refuses to join, warning of dangers including radioactivity and the group's unpreparedness. Mark then sabotages the expedition psychologically by mimicking warnings in the forest, causing the group to retreat, while medical personnel care for his physical and mental recovery and debate the next steps.