The chap­ter opens with Four reflect­ing on past Vis­it­ing Days, which he pre­vi­ous­ly avoid­ed by train­ing alone. This year, how­ev­er, he choos­es to go to the con­trol room, avoid­ing the emo­tion­al reunions in the Pit. He observes the mixed-fac­tion fam­i­lies, par­tic­u­lar­ly not­ing the trans­fers, and briefly won­ders about Peter’s par­ents. The scene high­lights the ten­sion between famil­ial bonds and the Daunt­less mantra of “Fac­tion before blood,” as well as Four’s detach­ment from such gath­er­ings.

While on his way, Four paus­es at the chasm, rem­i­nisc­ing about moments spent there with friends like Zeke and Shau­na. His soli­tude is inter­rupt­ed when Tris arrives with her moth­er, Natal­ie Pri­or, an Abne­ga­tion woman. Four becomes anx­ious, fear­ing Natal­ie might rec­og­nize him from his past. Their inter­ac­tion is tense yet polite, with Four deflect­ing ques­tions about his nick­name and Tris’s progress in train­ing. Natalie’s prob­ing gaze and cryp­tic com­ments unset­tle him, though she doesn’t reveal any recog­ni­tion out­right.

Return­ing to the con­trol room, Four’s super­vi­sor, Gus, remarks on his unusu­al pres­ence on Vis­it­ing Day. Four brush­es off the com­ment, focus­ing instead on mon­i­tor­ing secu­ri­ty footage. He secret­ly pulls up saved footage of Max, the Daunt­less leader, and con­firms his pass­word. Four sus­pects Max’s involve­ment in Amar’s death and plans to inves­ti­gate fur­ther by access­ing Max’s com­put­er. He manip­u­lates the secu­ri­ty feeds to con­ceal his actions, ensur­ing his col­leagues won’t notice his unau­tho­rized activ­i­ties.

The chap­ter con­cludes with Four leav­ing the con­trol room to exe­cute his plan. He heads to Max’s office, car­ry­ing a flash dri­ve and rely­ing on his con­fi­dence to avoid sus­pi­cion. The ten­sion builds as Four pre­pares to uncov­er secrets that could expose cor­rup­tion with­in Daunt­less lead­er­ship. His deter­mi­na­tion to seek jus­tice for Amar under­scores his loy­al­ty and moral con­flict, set­ting the stage for fur­ther rev­e­la­tions.