Stenfalk and the others continue to question the plausibility of S. knowing Szalómé or whether Szalómé is the same person as Sola, the girl S. met in the bar. Corbeau mentions that Szalómé came to work at the factory six months ago. She was a shy girl and had an accent from the farther south. Corbeau then enforces that she doesn’t believe Szalómé is the same person as Sola. Pfeifer suspects that Szalómé was a spy for the factory. He points out that the factory hasn’t hired anyone for that part of the factory and suddenly Szalómé appears working on bookwork that hasn’t been done before.

Comparing herself to Szalómé, Jen talks about herself wanting to avoid social interactions and get a sense of who she is. Strongly committed to leaving, Jen is considering taking a job just to go to New York.

I don’t want to run into Jacob, don’t want to spend time w/friends I don’t like anymore, don’t feel like making new friends — too much effort when I’m going to be out of here so soon.

You’re really committed to leaving.

I need to figure out who I am — Can’t do it here + I can’t do it at home.

Continuing the margin exchanges from the previous pages, Eric mentions talking to Ilsa and bringing up Serin. They suspect that Ilsa might be playing on two sides. Yet, Eric and Jen aren’t sure two sides of what. And Eric also gives the possibility of Ilsa also being on a third side, Serin.

But the way she reacted to it made me wonder if she was there on her own, too.

Playing both sides. Both sides of what, we still don’t know.

And maybe even a third side — if Serin’s funding her too. What if that dinner was a Serin thing?