Part III, Chapter 31, Tengo and Aomame Summary

Aomame finds the stairway she used to climb down into 1Q84. Now she knows they must climb up to get out. She and Tengo climb up. As Aomame climbs, she notices a rubber plant she had seen on her way down the steps, and it gives her some comfort.

They reach the top and make it onto the Expressway. The clouds are thick and they cannot yet see the moon, the only real way of determining whether or not they have made it out of the cat town, out of 1Q84. The clouds break, and there is only one moon. Aomame says a prayer. She does not know whether they are back in 1984, or another world, but she does know that they are not in 1Q84 anymore. She and Tengo take another taxi...