In Chap­ter 215 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Patch shares a chaot­ic break­fast with Tug, marked by loud chew­ing and laugh­ter, caus­ing a few curi­ous glances due to the recent con­fronta­tion with the Brand. Despite the noise, Patch seems accus­tomed to the envi­ron­ment, where dif­fer­ences in num­bers don’t always deter­mine out­comes.

At three o’clock, Sam­my arrives, and the mood shifts to a somber silence. Unlike their usu­al ban­ter, Sam­my refrains from mak­ing jokes or com­plain­ing about the sit­u­a­tion, focus­ing instead on Patch, whose hands are still ban­daged and stained with dried blood. Their inter­ac­tion is poignant and filled with unspo­ken emo­tions as Sam­my tight­ly grips Patch, reveal­ing a deep con­nec­tion between them.

Sam­my reflects on his life, admit­ting he nev­er had a son, sug­gest­ing a pro­tec­tive instinct from God, but implies that if he did, he would wish for the boy to be dis­tinct­ly dif­fer­ent from Patch. Patch rec­i­p­ro­cates with a wry acknowl­edg­ment, lighter in tone, yet under­scor­ing their under­stand­ing of the com­plex­i­ties of their lives.

Amidst their dia­logue, Patch express­es grat­i­tude, speak­ing of set­tling debts and show­ing respect for the bond they share. Sam­my’s response is warm and gen­uine; he would glad­ly repay the debt just for the hon­or of know­ing Patch. In a rare moment of vul­ner­a­bil­i­ty, they embrace, which is a first for Sam­my, high­light­ing the grav­i­ty of their rela­tion­ship.

Before they part, Patch dis­creet­ly slips an enve­lope into Sam­my’s pock­et, hint­ing at an impor­tant, per­haps finan­cial, exchange with­out elab­o­rat­ing on the details. Sam­my rec­og­nizes Patch as “the boy that saved the Mey­er girl,” to which Patch states it was his sole redeem­ing act, down­play­ing it as though it’s a sin­gu­lar moment in an oth­er­wise trou­bled life. Sammy’s response, “There’s still time,” leaves a glim­mer of hope for Patch, sug­gest­ing that redemp­tion or good acts may still lie ahead despite his tumul­tuous past.