The 24 hour clocks in Metropolis have been redesigned, with only 10 hours on their dial.The work shift (divided into day and night of 10 hours each, in the 20-hour day) changes at the end of ten hours, signaled by steam whistles blowing.The criminal is spared after making his choice.Although Callahan is an effective enforcer of law and order, his methods also, paradoxically, leave an aftermath of destruction and disarray.We made a pact to bring our ashes here when we died.""If you die first,"" I told him, ""I""ll bring yours here.If I die first, you""ll bring mine."" Yet, I know now, people you love don""t really die.The ranch clock chimed three times (3:00 am) on their return as they entered the ranch""s front door.She stated she had a "different opinion" of his book and had found it "quite absorbing" - the change came because she "got interested in one of the characters.A spinning transition found him on another train in Europe taking him to Transylvania, where a couple had the exact same argument as before, but now in German.