The family heads back to Ohio. As Alka and the children go to sleep in the Rambler, Landon goes off into the woods to forage for herbs and other edible or medicinal plants. When he has been gone for some time, Betty wanders into the woods to look for him. She writes kindnesses on trees, hoping that they’ll show her the way, but she gets lost anyway. Landon finds her, and they sit in the woods as he tells her stories about the sky. She is scared that they’re lost, and he tells her that if she blows smoke to the sky, the fear eaters will consume it, taking away her fears.

Betty convinces Landon to let her sleep with him in the back of the truck, but as they approach the truck, Lint emerges, afraid that the night will steal his soul. Landon swears that he will protect Lint’s soul, and they all fall asleep in the bed of the truck.

They arrive in Breathed, Ohio, where Landon’s old friend has given them a house. The house is considered cursed by the people in the town, but through Landon’s eyes, it’s perfect. Home from his Army tour in Japan, Leland meets them in Breathed and gives them each a small gift.