From his lean-to, Sam watches the Fish and Wildlife Service men take the eyases and is grateful for their intervention. He then finds Frightful in his binoculars and realizes she still has one eyas—Oksi. Meanwhile, on the bridge, Leon knows that the men claiming to be from the US Fish and Wildlife Service are actually poachers who want to raise the eyases to sell them illegally. Leon has called the police, and they are on the lookout for the green pickup truck.

An intense storm comes, and Sam uses the cover of the rain to sneak up to Frightful on the bridge. He takes Oksi, deciding to relocate her to his mountain home and assumes Frightful will follow her there. However, Frightful doesn’t come, and Oksi screams for food. Sam does not want to feed her, because that may cause Oksi to imprint on him. He can only hope that Frightful will come. He builds a box with a landing porch for Frightful and Oksi and secures it in a tree. Sam spots 426 nearby; however, 426 will not feed the baby at this point, so it’s Frightful that Oksi needs to survive.