Linus gardens with Talia and reflects on how much he has changed since arriving at Marsyas. Helen’s rattling truck appears unannounced, worrying Linus that village tensions have resurfaced. Instead, Helen updates him on progress: she’s promoting inclusion in the village despite resistance, and broader change is stirring after Extremely Upper Management resigned when an anonymous report exposed discriminatory practices.

She recalls a February interview with a reporter who tracked Linus down; the reporter is preparing a series based on his whistleblowing and hints that a singular witness may publicly testify—Arthur. Linus and Arthur quietly commit to change, with Linus urging Arthur to “burn it all down” so something better can grow.

Moving through the lively house, they pass Chauncey practicing for his first day helping the hotel bellhop. In Arthur’s room, Lucy pesters Arthur to light things on fire before being lured away by biscuits. Helen then reveals why she’s come: a scared, undocumented child named David needs a home. Linus instinctively asks who David is before what he is; Helen says David is an eleven-year-old yeti, and shows a photo with cerulean eyes.

Linus immediately agrees to take David, racing through practicalities until Arthur steadies him. Arthur proposes converting the cellar—once a place of pain—into a cold room for David, turning the past into care. They discuss whether this will affect Arthur’s adoption petition and confirm Linus’s name is included; they will proceed properly and, if needed, find David another place he chooses.

After Helen departs—her growing relationship with Zoe briefly noted—Arthur raises the problem of DICOMY objecting because Arthur and Linus are unmarried. Arthur suggests they change that. Before they can tell the children, Lucy has already eavesdropped and announces that Linus will also be their father and that a wedding is coming. The children rejoice, and Linus embraces the life he chose—and that chose him back.