Lukas continues working for Kaliel, fishing and learning the patterns of the waves. Their force and randomness is so destructive that he has no idea how ships ever reach the shore. He begins searching for Nina again, worried at reports that she has been in town, watched by sailors. He finds her on the shore one day and they embrace. He is aware that his body is aroused by her presence, and that they may not truly be related. She says she is still working with Miss Weatherbury and is happy enough. Lukas learns that someone from the magistrate’s office has been in town looking for him, hoping to deliver the message of Dawid’s death. 

Three days later, he begins walking towards his old home. First, he says good-bye to Nina and says he’ll be gone a week. She says that Willem has been seen in the village, and that he said Elias was looking for them both. Lukas urges her to stay in the hills while he is gone. She says she wishes she had not told on him so long ago; if she hadn’t, he would have been with Fiela this whole time.