They are outraged by this and threaten him with torture and execution. He pleads with them trying to convince them that the light is good. They say that if the light is as good as he's making it out to be, it would put the department of candles out of business. The Scholars come to a conclusion, the light must be destroyed. They try to take it, but Equality jumps out the window with it before they can. He runs with no idea where he is going only trying to get away. He eventually ends up in the uncharted forest and worries that he won't see The Golden One