Andrew has seen the Valley Girl, the Forgetting People, the Wildering People, and the Altruist. The journey has been long and difficult. But now it is time for him to rest, to finally rest and complete his mourning of Pearl's death.
Andrew has been to the mountains, and now the river has taken him home. But he has not come back as the same person. Andrew is changed forever, and his community knows it, and is blessed by it.