Kirsten looks through a telescope at the distant town glowing with electric light, a sight that suggests a different kind of future beyond the airport.

Inside the Severn City Airport terminal, Charlie and August sit with Sayid in the Baggage Claim infirmary. They tell him about the concert, and Sayid—worn down by recent violence—smiles for the first time in days, signaling a small turn toward recovery and hope.

The narrative shifts far south, where Jeevan lives a quiet post-pandemic life, baking bread in an outdoor oven made from an old oil drum. He rarely thinks about his old world, though dreams still pull him back to images of performance and snow, and to the emergency survival routines he once endured.

Jeevan’s small son, Frank, plays nearby with a puppy while Daria rests indoors with their baby. Jeevan sends Frank to check on Daria, then watches the silhouettes of his wife and children behind thin curtains before they come outside together.

Daria reports that Frank’s fever has broken after a night of lullabies and cold compresses, and the family lingers over the cooling bread. For a moment Frank resembles Jeevan’s brother, stirring memories that remain close to the surface. Far to the north, the Traveling Symphony’s caravans continue their approach, arriving at the Severn City Airport.