Roz understands from observing the stick insect that blending in might help her survive. Although Roz usually wants to stay clean, survival matters more, so Roz decides to camouflage herself instead of continuing to move openly through the island.

Roz realizes that pretending to be a twig will not work for a robot of Roz's size. Instead, Roz covers Roz's body with thick mud, plants ferns and grasses into it, arranges flowers around Roz's glowing eyes, and hides bare spots with leaves and moss until Roz resembles a walking tuft of plants.

After waiting for darkness, Roz moves into a forest clearing, settles among rocks, and becomes part of the landscape. By morning, animals go about their normal routines without recognizing Roz, while bees buzz around the plant-covered robot without knowing what is underneath.

Hidden in plain sight, Roz carefully observes island life through multiple senses: flowers turning toward the sun, rodents moving through weeds, pine-scented air, and worms against the mud on Roz's body. Over the following weeks, Roz repeatedly changes disguises, becoming a seaweed clump on the shore, a bramble on the mountain, a log by the river, and a rock in the forest.