Content Warning: This section discusses death, sexual violence, and racism.



The Water Logbook describes soft summer rain that is safe to drink.

Nonie recalls that once she knew Mother was dying, she started carrying her photo and the logbook. She started thinking about the passage of time.

The picture she looks at the most is one from the last trip Mother and Father took before the collapse. Mother died slowly of water retention resulting from a kidney disease. She passed in her sleep in the Longhouse.

Hancock has solar spotlights that sweep the surrounding area. At the gate, Byron, a young member of the settlement, meets them. He lets them in and takes them to Esther.