Brick's steps take us back to the train and forward, just beyond the peak of the locomotive where the large patch of trees growing around the tracks are being attacked by a group of unhappy crew. He bypasses them, circling around until he slows and gestures for me to be quiet.

I join him, peering through the trees to see Chime, Ande and my friends, Poppy among them, in the middle of a meeting.

"You know I'm right." Chime's hand falls on Beckett's arm with a familiarity ...