Content Warning: This section of the guide contains descriptions of gun violence and a hostage situation.

Wahoo follows the scent of a campfire and finds not Badger and Link, but Tuna, Jared, and a bloodied and bound Mickey. Jared now plans to escape with Tuna aboard Link’s airboat with Mickey as the pilot. Mickey asserts that the blow from Jared’s pistol has affected his vision, but Jared doesn’t believe it. He tells Tuna to give Mickey the last of her placebos. While they wait for the pills to take effect, Wahoo fears that their fire is too small to be spotted by the search party. Meanwhile, the sun begins to set. Finally, Jared orders them all to the boat. When Mickey issues an ultimatum—he’ll only drive the boat if Tuna stays behind—a standoff occurs, and Jared levels the gun at Mickey’s chest. Suddenly, Wahoo emerges from his hiding spot, waving frantically and threatening to call the police. Jared points the gun at Wahoo, and when Mickey steps between them, Jared shoots him “point blank.”

After stepping into the woods to urinate, Badger becomes lost. He hears Jared’s gunshot and stumbles in that general direction until he encounters a wild boar, which tosses him into a tree.