"It is the first time. I find that I am not as... troubled by it as I was when I first arrived. Before, I felt cut off. Now I realise that I was not as much cut off as... set free."

When Walter places his hand on September's arm, the Observer does not look down at it in confusion, as he had done before. Instead, after a beat, he carefully puts his own hand over it, his fingers pale and smooth and warm.

"Yes. Change can be good."