The narrator asks Clouse if he did the same thing with his father. Clouse says that he did, but that he can't talk to his dad about it. The narrator wonders if it's possible that two children in the same town could talk about the same things. He asks if there's anything in the case records that Clouse can find that would help him figure out what's going on. He also asks if he's healthy enough to be able to travel all the way to Sohet. When the narrator asks if Clouse knows about his friend's secret, Clouse tells him that he had a feeling that he'd take Clouse's side this time around. When Clouse asks if she needs to go outside, the narrator tells her that she can sit down and listen to her story. He says that the book is interesting, and that the two children are talking about spirits. The two children hug and dance around, and then they disappear. When he hears the sound of a cracker, he swears that he didn't hear the sound. He tells Clouse to walk out with his head up, because the spirit is waiting for him.