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Maiingan stands on the counter, counting cans, and as Nicole cheers him on as she makes an inventory of their supplies. Nicole grew up in a similar family to the one she’s raising. She thinks about her sister in Toronto and wonders if there’s a blackout there too, trying not to think of the chaos in Gibson that Nick described. Her heart warms as Nangohns enthusiastically joins in to count along. Evan enters, and Nicole gives him a tight hug, feeling safe. She’s worried that the situation isn’t temporary. Evan is exhausted from a day of ploughing and making house visits in the worried community. Evan drifts to sleep. He dreams that he’s driving by the rink when his truck starts sinking, its windows caving in. In the dream, he struggles out of the truck and heads to the rink, trailing blood behind him. The snow is rising rapidly around the rink, so Evan hurls himself through the glass window. Inside, a smokeless, heatless fire burns, surrounded by endless piles of frozen adult bodies, hidden under blankets. Evan’s goes to lift a blanket, but he wakes up. He screams as he wakes, and Nicole runs in, looking concerned. In a hoarse voice, Evan says that he just had a bad dream.