As they climb the stairs and then exit into the cooler evening air, Mathias thinks briefly about all the things he's seen on the island. In the end, there have been too many dangers for him to really think they anything bad will happen on this walk and he nods his agreement.

"I think we are more than--"

Just ahead of them, a vine slithers across the boardwalk and Mathias falls silent, staring at it. It's not real, he knows. It's not there at all and Julie won't see it, but it doesn't go away.