At St. Mary Magdalene, Saint shows Sister Cecile the rosary beads she found. Sister Cecile recognizes them immediately as a special set made by Sister Agnes from cedar wood and black glass, with a Mary Magdalene medal. The identification matters because it ties the beads to the church and to a specific person who once received them.

Saint then lays down photographs of Eli Aaron. Sister Cecile identifies him not as Eli, but as Robert Peter Frederick, a former altar boy she remembers well. She explains that Robert was difficult, took religious teaching with dangerous literalness, and had been in Sister Agnes's care before her death.

When Saint presses for more, Sister Cecile reveals that Robert once overheard the confession of an unmarried pregnant local woman and followed her home. Although the woman was not harmed and declined to complain, the incident was serious enough to show Robert's distorted zeal, and he left soon afterward. Saint tells Sister Cecile that Robert later became known as Eli Aaron, and Sister Cecile notes the biblical meaning of that name, reinforcing how completely Robert turned religious judgment into his identity.

As Saint leaves with the convent's last matching rosary, Sister Isabelle casually remarks that it is only the second set sold that year. Saint stops and asks who bought the first set. When Isabelle says it was a man, Saint realizes the significance at once; after Saint says she had set him on fire, she reads recognition and shock in Sister Isabelle's face. The moment convinces Saint that a man she believed dead may still be alive, reopening the hunt.