"Show empathy." The phrase has been circulating since the evening of October 6 in the presidential camp. As the government feared, the student movement changed in scope on that day, as hundreds of thousands of people marched in a dozen cities, at the joint call of student and university collectives and teachers' unions. A new day of action is announced as early as Thursday. The movement continues to grow, threatening to rebound even more strongly on October 17. After having responded to student demands with contempt and repression, the executive is trying to change gear.