Orla Finch follows evidence from Blackwater ferry terminal. It ends at the drowned customs pier.
The clue inside a yellow suitcase belongs to no closed file. Orla Finch follows it beyond Blackwater ferry terminal.
Orla Finch expects nothing stranger than the last ferry at Blackwater ferry terminal.
Before signing in, Orla Finch discovers something nesting beneath the locked baggage cage.
Only Orla Finch's key can open the locked baggage cage.
Under clean light, its shed skin is stitched around a yellow suitcase.
Orla Finch bags a yellow suitcase and marks the exact time.
The camera records Orla Finch, but not a yellow suitcase.
The feed labels the unseen figure as a mimic that learns voices through touch.
Orla Finch requests backup for human mimic outbreak.
Dispatch warns Orla Finch never to approach a mimic that learns voices through touch.
Then every exit at Blackwater ferry terminal locks at once.
A careful knock travels through the locked baggage cage.
The knock answers Orla Finch's heartbeat.
Fresh ink on a yellow suitcase spells Orla Finch's full name.
Orla Finch has never visited the drowned customs pier.
A key marked the drowned customs pier rests beneath Orla Finch's tongue.
Every bulb between Orla Finch and the exit bursts.
With nowhere open, Orla Finch enters the locked baggage cage.
The walls inside are covered with names.
The final page ends with Orla Finch opening this door.
Orla Finch opens the final record and finds tonight described in someone else's handwriting.