Summary

The narrative switches back to the current day. Catherine, Allen, and Miriam have found some horse hooves. They discuss why Allen wants to find the horses and Catherine pretends not to be interested. In reality though she is kind of interested as it keeps her from being bored as she hasn't found anything herself. She's also feels competitive and she's begun to feel the fear of failure. She has noticed, though, that Allen has started watching her moves closer than before. This observation makes her proud.

One day they follow a trail on that map that turns out to not really exist, although there are parts of a trail here and there. Jack keeps leading them on until it gets too dangerous. To get out of a difficult spot, he leads them uphill. During the process his horse neighs and they hear what Miriam...