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There are some complications in their attempt to leave the pub, and get Alex safely back to the carriage. Alex is understandably weak, she’s in pain due to her broken rib and battered feet, but Farokh has given her some morphine he acquired on his meander around town.
After attempting to escape from an angry farmer, Alexand has collapsed, and has been caught.
Alexand wakes up in a field after sleepwalking out of her room in the tavern.
Whilst deep undercover on board a floating asylum ship, Inajda sits amongst a crowd of socialites, in an auditorium, which is part of the entertainment on board. She is secretly filming the events, so that she can report back to Field Marshal Panak with her findings.
The group have stopped for supplies in a nearby village in Xiongmeizhen.
The group made it to the top of the mountain safely, and trekked another half an hour down to the base camp in Annapurna, a place shielded from the elements. They have paid for pitched tents and have set up a camp fire, with some food roasting. Heyem sits by the fire, next to Alex, who is unusually quiet.
Heyem sits on a bench, holding tightly to her stomach as the cable car swings away from its dock.
