Nyna Campbell, one of the rebels Mallet seized at the square, is in prison. Beaten and tortured, Nyna asks Mallet to end her life. Mallet replies that death is too easy. Her plan is to keep Nyna alive, so her people keep searching for her. Consumed by their search, the dissidents will lose focus on the rebellion. Nyna calmly counters that she gave herself up gladly; the fire in her heart—symbolizing hope— will never die.

Weighed down by Bridger’s backpack, Robyn and Laurel decide to check if some of its contents can be offloaded. Among other things, they find Bridger’s journals, a piece of silver cloth, a small jewelry box, a large plastic bag, and a rope. Laurel stuffs the backpack and its contents inside the plastic bag and uses the rope to suspend it from the cover of a sewer hole. With the bag secured, the girls enter the forest. Following the arrow-like markings carved in trees, reminiscent of the arrows on Robyn’s father’s maps, they spot an elegant wooden spiral staircase hidden behind greenery. Robyn realizes this is the DNA-like image from her father’s canvas map. Robyn and Laurel decide to climb the stairway.