In 1947, Lisavet Levy repeatedly encounters Ernest Duquesne in the time space while she rescues burned memory-pages. She accuses him of following her; Ernest admits he is trying to stop her “interfering,” arguing timekeepers must decide what is remembered and can even reshape how people recall events. Lisavet insists erasing memories is wrong, and the conversation turns personal when both reveal they lost their fathers; Ernest grows alarmed that Lisavet may have been trapped in the time space for years, and Lisavet panics and flees.

From Ernest’s perspective, he has been tailing Lisavet for four months at the request of his superiors in the Time-Related Program (TRP), now under the CIA, to learn who she is and who she works for. Ernest reports his doubts to TRP director Jack, emphasizing that Lisavet seems motivated by conviction rather than orders and may not even be leaving the time space. Jack dismisses Ernest’s concerns and pressures him to either seize Lisavet’s book of saved memories or forcibly drag her out for interrogation, and Ernest reluctantly agrees to take the book.

When Ernest next shadows Lisavet, his intent shifts from observing to capturing, and Lisavet recognizes she is being hunted. As she waits to salvage another burning book, a middle-aged Russian timekeeper notices her; gunfire erupts, and Ernest tackles Lisavet to shield her while returning shots. The Russian timekeeper escapes, but Ernest is hit and begins bleeding heavily, unable to stand long enough to exit safely.

To keep Ernest alive, Lisavet uses a book-memory to time-walk them into a wartime medical scene: a 1918 Ukrainian field tent. She discovers Ernest cannot reliably hold objects in a memory unless Lisavet maintains contact, so she improvises supplies, tearing her old nightgown into bandages and thread. After watching nearby doctors, she disinfects with vodka and extracts the bullet with tongs, then stitches Ernest’s wound, keeping him calm and stable despite his pain.

Ernest wakes later in another memory: Geneva, 1922, a scene from Lisavet’s father preserved in her book. On a balcony, Lisavet shows Ernest her parents’ first date and confesses how much of her father’s earlier life has been burned, and how even surviving memories can differ from the stories people later tell about them. Lisavet explains she saves memories not only because erasure is unjust, but because ordinary civilian moments matter and no one should control what survives; Ernest hesitates to steal her book and instead thanks her, acknowledging she saved him. They share a brief, intimate understanding and agree they will meet again, with Lisavet returning alone into the time space.