Food and Fire
- The girl has taken a small box from inside the ship and starts building a fire from it. It's actually a machine that makes a campfire.
- All of a sudden, Todd realizes how cold and achy he is. They sit by the fire and she brings out a pack of food, sharing it with him. She still just stares.
- After warming up, it's time to keep moving. The girl barely looks back at her dead parents and Todd is kind of shocked by how heartless she seems.
- As they trudge ahead, Todd is burdened by thinking about his own family at home, Ben and Cillian; the night seems endless.
- Todd tricks himself into thinking that maybe the townspeople won't come after them… but then he remembers the girl, who they're definitely after.
- They are awakened by a Noise. It's coming from a cassor. Oh wait—you don't know what a cassor it? It's a big bird with large talons that can kill you. But luckily, they're friendly animals.
- Until now, these birds have only been legendary to Todd; he's never actually seen one.
- The cassor starts following Manchee, pecking at him, when Todd is startled: The girl is actually laughing.
- Todd finds himself wondering how she lives without Noise, which brings him to connect some really unfortunate dots.
- Since she's a woman, the Noise germ will kill her if she gets it.
- He also realizes that even though he can't hear her, she might be able to hear him.