At 00:01:27, Nora Seed wakes in her bed, vomiting and in severe physical distress. Despite choking, dehydration, and pain, she recognizes that she is alive and wants to stay alive. She forces herself upright, tries to grab her phone, but drops it beyond reach.

Disoriented and trembling, Nora staggers down her tilting-feeling hallway, unlatches the chain, and steps outside into the rain in vomit-stained pajamas. Passing the step where Ash had stood the previous day to tell her about her dead cat, she finds the street empty and decides to seek help from her neighbor.

Nora stumbles to Mr Banerjee’s door and rings the bell. He opens, confused without his glasses. Nora apologizes and tells him she has done something very stupid, asking him to call an ambulance. He agrees immediately.

As he moves to call, time is marked at 00:03:48. With help on the way, Nora allows herself to collapse forward onto Mr Banerjee’s doormat, surrendering to exhaustion after securing the assistance she needs.