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Morning comes, and Ivar wakes. He completes his chores, but he feels unsettled as he tries to sit and knit. He considers putting the calotype in a wooden box, but he can’t bear to be parted from it, so he tucks it again into his collar. He investigates the rest of John’s items and finds a sharp knife.

Ivar investigates John’s large head wound and cuts hair away, burning the hair in the fire. Ivar sees John’s skull beneath the cut, but the bone is unbroken. John makes a rasping, gurgling breath, and Ivar wonders if he’s dying. John’s breathing returns to normal, and an hour later, John wakes up.

John looks around the room and sees Ivar. He tries to talk to Ivar in either English or Scots, but Ivar doesn’t understand him. Ivar says his name while gesturing to himself, and John says his name while doing the same before closing his eyes again.

John can barely keep his eyes open, as he’s exhausted and the pain throughout his body is great. He cannot remember anything after waving goodbye to Mary at the quay as the Lily Rose began moving away from shore.