On her ninth day at the Oletsky farm, the Antidote sits with Dell on the windowsill of Lada's bedroom, reviewing the five notebooks Dell has filled with transcribed deposits since Black Sunday. Founder's Day is imminent, and the Antidote feels guilt over making Dell her accomplice in what she now calls criminal work.

Dell brushes off the apology, insisting she begged for the job and was naturally skilled at counterfeiting—reading what people wanted to hear—long before they met. When the Antidote tells her she no longer needs to call her Boss, Dell breaks down, asking who she really is now that she is neither boss nor prairie witch.

Looking out at the ripening wheat near harvesttime, the Antidote reveals her true name—Antonina Rossi—and offers, finally, to tell Dell the story of how she became a prairie witch. The narration, addressed to her lost child ("You"), frames the moment as an unmediated transfer of memory and intimacy, without the funnel of her former trade.