At school, Misty Meyer brings Patch a heavy goulash and talks at length about her cooking, proudly explaining details like hand-crushed caraway seeds and her plan to open a restaurant in the city. Patch listens while still haunted by Grace, continuing to draw more and more detailed versions of her as he sits sheltered from the rain. Misty frames the food as payment for Patch saving her life, but when Patch jokes that her earlier meals should have settled the debt, Misty teasingly insists that he now owes her instead.

Patch also feels pressure about the coming dinner with Misty’s parents, which hangs over him as another source of anxiety. The domestic awkwardness at school contrasts with how inwardly consumed he still is, shown by his obsessive drawing and distracted attempts at humor.

When Patch gets home, he finds Dr. Tooms waiting in the kitchen. Dr. Tooms tells Patch that his mother is asleep and then immediately turns the conversation toward Patch’s condition. Although Patch insists he is fine, Dr. Tooms looks physically worn down and emotionally strained, and his questions make it clear he is deeply concerned that Patch has not processed what happened to him.

Dr. Tooms asks whether Patch’s memories are returning, especially anything more about the man responsible. Patch says he assumes it was Eli Aaron, but admits he never actually saw or even heard him. Dr. Tooms responds by returning to practical advice about therapy, food, and exercise, and he mentions the missing-person posters Patch has put up around town, offering to display one in his practice.

Before leaving, Dr. Tooms gives Patch a more pointed warning: Patch escaped, but Dr. Tooms fears Patch still has not fully realized that he is out. Ivy enters as this exchange ends, confused at first and then asking Dr. Tooms for a prescription refill. In that tense moment, Dr. Tooms says Patch does not really know who the girl is, and Patch finally answers that maybe he does. Patch says he thinks the girl could be Callie Montrose and asks whether he could have been unconscious for a long time, revealing that his suspicions about the missing girl have sharpened. Dr. Tooms reacts with a pained smile and leaves without looking back.