The chap­ter opens with Leo observ­ing Sage at her grand­moth­er Minka’s funer­al, not­ing her exhaus­tion and emo­tion­al state. He tries to com­fort her, but ten­sion aris­es when Sage asks about Adam, her mar­ried boyfriend, cre­at­ing an awk­ward dis­tance between them. Leo reveals he came to the funer­al because he want­ed to sup­port Sage, empha­siz­ing how fam­i­ly was cen­tral to Minka’s life. Sage’s tears and Leo’s reas­sur­ance dis­solve the ten­sion, as she leans on him for com­fort, ques­tion­ing whether their inves­ti­ga­tion into Minka’s past con­tributed to her death. Leo reas­sures her that Min­ka like­ly died at peace, final­ly feel­ing secure.

Dur­ing the funer­al ser­vice, Leo scans the room for Rein­er Hart­mann, a fig­ure from their inves­ti­ga­tion, but he doesn’t appear. Instead, Leo notices Adam’s dis­com­fort as Sage clings to him, which gives Leo a sense of sat­is­fac­tion. Reflect­ing on his mother’s advice about “geeks inher­it­ing the earth,” Leo feels a qui­et tri­umph. The ser­vice pro­ceeds with tra­di­tion­al Jew­ish cus­toms, includ­ing the throw­ing of dirt into the grave, and Sage con­tin­ues to seek solace in Leo’s pres­ence, hold­ing his hand as they nav­i­gate the emo­tion­al weight of the day.

After the funer­al, Sage’s home is filled with mourn­ers, and she feels over­whelmed by the con­do­lences. Leo stays by her side, offer­ing steady sup­port as guests share mem­o­ries of Min­ka. A con­ver­sa­tion with Pepper’s hus­band, Andy, turns awk­ward when he mis­in­ter­prets Sage and Leo’s rela­tion­ship and makes a light­heart­ed com­ment about Minka’s lan­guage mix-up, which Sage finds insen­si­tive. Leo dif­fus­es the sit­u­a­tion by guid­ing Sage away, high­light­ing her raw emo­tion­al state and the strain of the day.

The chap­ter cap­tures the com­plex­i­ty of grief and human con­nec­tion, as Leo and Sage nav­i­gate their evolv­ing rela­tion­ship amid the funeral’s emo­tion­al tur­moil. Leo’s pres­ence pro­vides Sage with sta­bil­i­ty, while her reac­tions reveal her deep attach­ment to Min­ka and her strug­gle to rec­on­cile her grandmother’s past with her peace­ful death. The inter­ac­tions with fam­i­ly and guests under­score the ten­sion between pub­lic mourn­ing and pri­vate pain, leav­ing Sage and Leo lean­ing on each oth­er for strength.