Sam crosses the nation again to the east coast, however simply earlier than arriving at his vacation spot, he’s caught up in a single final storm of Cliff’s design. On the pinnacle of their remaining confrontation, Cliff comes to appreciate the reality: that the BB Sam is carrying shouldn’t be the one he’s on the lookout for, however as a substitute, Sam is his little one. He embraces his son one final time earlier than passing on, his quest to reconnect with Sam fulfilled, though Sam has not had the identical epiphany as his father.
Sam awakens, this time in Port Knot Metropolis, inside spitting distance of his remaining vacation spot. It’s right here that one among his workforce members, Deadman, reveals a discovery to Sam by way of a recording left behind by the Director in case he had been to not return from Amelie’s Seaside.
Die-Hardman reveals that he was in a position to get to Amelie’s seaside because of an invite from the extinction entity herself. He then explains that, as a result of timing of Bridget Strand’s most cancers, Amelie can’t be Bridget’s daughter. The truth is, has anybody ever truly met Amelie in particular person or solely interacted together with her by way of hologram? Sam swears that he has, however when he thinks about it, he realizes that the one time he ever had bodily contact with Amelie was on her Seaside.
Sam takes the time to ponder the whole lot as he completes the ultimate leg of his journey, bringing a vat of Cyptobiotes, edible creatures that assist alleviate the consequences of Timefall, for Fragile so as to wake her up from a coma she fell into after teleporting everybody to Capitol Knot Metropolis.
