Osfour’s cheek is cut by a stone. S thinks, “He bleeds. He’s real.” S. constantly questions what is truth and what can’t be possibly be. This doubt clouds personal significance that he can assign to his experiences.

Jen suggests that Eric compare the handwriting in the original Braxenholm manuscript. Eric responds, “will have to look for them—my stuff’s a mess now that I don’t have an office.” This is an open-end that is not resolved.