Tim Jamieson completes his briefing on Luke Ellis’s story, including the escape, the flash drive from the housekeeper, and Luke’s self-surgery to remove his tracker. Sheriff John Ashworth expresses skepticism, likening Luke’s account to tall tales, but decides they will review the flash drive with Luke awake.

Wendy Gullickson wakes Luke, who bolts upright in a panic, shouting that “they” are doing something and that he saw the “sparkler.” In a sudden outburst, Luke yells to “kill them” and “obliterate,” causing all four cell doors in the holding annex to slam shut, papers to fly, and a gust of wind to sweep the room. The commotion shocks everyone, and Tim shakes Luke to bring him fully awake.

As the papers settle, Luke mutters for the dots—the “Stasi lights”—to go away, then says they are gone. The night knocker’s time clock is observed spinning rapidly before stopping, suggesting a wider disturbance. Luke insists his friends are doing something at the Institute and that he felt it despite the distance, complaining of a headache and uncertainty over whether the phenomena were caused by him or by them.

Sheriff Ashworth cautiously engages Luke, keeping a hand on his gun, and asks if Luke caused the events. Luke denies prior experience with anything like this, beyond minor telekinesis like moving pizza pans. Luke asks if anyone else saw the colored dots; they did not, though they confirm the physical disturbances.

Luke then blurts a detail about Ashworth’s mother obsessing over stolen barrettes earlier that day—information he could not plausibly know—further convincing the group. Tag observes there may be truth to Luke’s story after all, and Ashworth decides to examine the flash drive immediately.