The governing council convened in the main community hall, the next day. With the injured man whose friends Identified as Paul in the hospital word had spread like wildfire around the shelter about the newcomer. Any hope of containing the situation quickly vanished as everyone become restless. It wasn't just the new face but the existence of said face meant that the entire world had not been reduced to an underground shelter. This knowledge rekindled hope that had long since burnt out. The flame awakening in the members of the community crashed everything to a stand still forcing the governing body to address the rest of the community.