In Chap­ter 175 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Saint immers­es her­self in long-for­got­ten tapes of inter­views from over a decade ago. The atmos­phere is melan­cholic, with the moon­light fil­ter­ing through her open blinds, as urban sounds pro­vide an odd­ly com­fort­ing back­drop. She metic­u­lous­ly maps out sig­nif­i­cant loca­tions men­tioned in the tapes, trac­ing the nar­ra­tive and revis­it­ing mem­o­ries tied to them.

On the stereo, a young Patch recounts a vivid recount­ing of expe­ri­ences shared by Grace, detail­ing land­scapes like Baldy Point and Lake Altus-Lugert, along with sto­ries of the gold rush that con­nect­ed Cal­i­for­nia to Col­orado. As Saint lis­tens, she notes impor­tant sites such as Quartz Moun­tain State Park and the bur­ial place of Sky Jones, fur­ther entwin­ing her with the mem­o­ries of the past.

While reflect­ing on Patch’s dia­logue regard­ing time and dreams, Saint feels a surge of adren­a­line, under­scor­ing her rest­less­ness. Pac­ing her apart­ment, she grap­ples with the dis­ori­en­ta­tion and reflec­tions pro­voked by the tape. Moti­vat­ed by a con­ver­sa­tion where Patch talks about the clouds and an angel’s per­spec­tive, Saint marks loca­tions sig­nif­i­cant to her, includ­ing the Tensleep Creek and Angela Rossi.

Through­out the tapes, Saint encoun­ters inti­mate pleas and dec­la­ra­tions, includ­ing a sur­re­al and evoca­tive scene where Patch requests to be paint­ed. Imagery of a pink shore, rhy­lo­lite, and unusu­al ele­ments of preser­va­tion emerge as Patch paints a vivid and strange pic­ture of beau­ty in decay.

Break­ing from the rever­ie, Saint con­tacts Himes to share rev­e­la­tions about Grace’s con­nec­tion to oth­er miss­ing girls. Calm­ly, Himes inquires about the num­ber of girls involved, lead­ing to a tense dis­cus­sion about the impli­ca­tions of the record­ings. Saint plays excerpts yet again, reveal­ing chill­ing remarks from Grace about res­ur­rec­tion and a mys­te­ri­ous mes­sage sug­gest­ing deep spir­i­tu­al con­nec­tions with the Trin­i­ty.

Saint con­cludes with a shared under­stand­ing that all these frag­ments and voic­es, both past and present, sig­ni­fy some­thing pro­found, a tan­gled web of mean­ing inter­laced with hope and despair in their search for truth .