Stolen Sections 71-75 Summary

Section Break 71

Gemma is lying awake that night listening to the sound of the wind when she hears Ty scream and begin yelling words and making noises.
She goes into his bedroom to see what's up and finds him in bed, sobbing in his sleep. She grabs him by the shoulders and tries to shake him awake—he cries out, "Please don't take me," and says he doesn't want to leave.
Gemma tries to talk to him and tell him he's in the desert and there's no one there except him. He finally wakes up and realizes it's her and thanks her for coming in.

In bed, Ty tells Gemma he was dreaming about being dragged away from his dad's farm to the orphanage. He asks Gemma what she dreams about, and she says home.
He asks her how she can love London so much; she tells him that she supposes people love what they're used to.
Ty disagrees. He says people should love the things that need to be loved so they can save them.

Gemma wakes up the next morning and lets Ty sleep. She goes out and feeds the chickens, then spends some time petting the camel and talking to her.
She tells the camel that after she leaves, Ty will keep her, then imitates the motions Ty uses to get her to sit down. They stare at each other face to face, and Gemma imagines riding her off into the sunset.

Ty spends the rest of the day in the shed where his painting is, and it's a long time before Gemma gets up the courage to go see him for the first time since his nightmare the night before.
Inside, he's transforming the room into another painting of the land, with patterns that give texture to the walls. He says he wants to capture the land's beauty.
Ty has also covered himself in sand and says he's going to be a part of the painting, too. He says to wait until sunset—that's when the whole thing will come alive. Gemma finds herself staring at both him and the room in awe.

Ty asks Gemma to go to the Separates and get him some leaves and moss and to come back at sunset.
She walks back to the pool of water and finds herself relaxed and content, enjoying the environment. She finds the leaves Ty was talking about.
On the way back, she stops to say hi to the chickens. The rooster bites off a chunk of one of the leaves, and she sits by their pen and listens to the sound of frogs beginning to make noise. At sunset, she goes back to the building.