As Swedish Mission nuns arrive to assume duties at Saint Bridget’s, Digby makes his farewells. He thanks Bhava, Sankar, and the residents across fields and workshops, recognizing each person’s distinct spirit within their shared disfigurements. The asymmetric namastes move him, reminding him of Rune’s belief that divinity shines through imperfection.

Alone later, Digby recalls evenings with Rune and their final conversation about whether he would operate again. Rune reframed ability as brain over hand and quoted Ecclesiastes on doing one’s work with all one’s might before the grave—counsel that now shapes Digby’s departure.

Digby then visits the Thetanatt home to say goodbye. With Chandy away, he sits with Elsie, awkward yet earnest, and tells her that while Rune rebuilt his hands, Elsie rekindled life in his right hand by coupling their palms, reconnecting brain to fingers. He withholds a deeper confession about a sketch of his mother, resolving to let time pass.

He presents Elsie Rune’s copy of Gray’s Anatomy with an inscription praising truth in art and her gift. Elsie embraces the book and walks him out, briefly slipping her hand into his. After she lets go, Digby feels himself cut loose, adrift without direction, marking an emotional severance from Saint Bridget’s and Rune’s era.