S. has no idea where or who he is. “He is a ghost,” VMS concludes the chapter with.

Jen says after her meeting with the library, she was “shitcanned.” She decides to temporarily pass the book at the Pronghorn Java.

Jen cracks a code, which reveals the tragic miscommunication between FXC and Straka. FXC thought VMS didn’t talk to her because he loved Durand, not because he never got the chance to reciprocate.