As the canoe continues on the tributary, hills reappear into sight. Yet, different from the previous hills with the figures on them, many of the distant hills here don’t have peaks. The hills rise from the valley and end with flat plains. S. recalls what Anca said “The company steals the hills.” S. takes in the double truth: the company has taken not just the minerals, but also the peaks.

In the footnote, FXC mentions that Straka, in a note in the margins of Winged Shoes, has expressed the feelings of being “the very last of your kind.” Also FXC mentioned Straka belonging to a group as “uneasily and/or tangentially” due to his “social limitations.”