Turner follows his path through the rocks to the beach. The rocks are tall and broken, like the ruins of a seaside fortress. He feels he is navigating ancient hallways. There are many ways to the beach. This is his, the path he discovered and is faithful to. It is the Turner Path.

He reaches the beach and lies on the sand. He listens to the sea roll onto the beach like an old train approaching a lonely station. It goes out like schoolgirls shaking their rainsticks.

Here is he is far from the Experts. When he came home he discovered a place full of Turner Experts. As if all the Turner Experts in the world had moved to his hometown. He had returned from a world empty of Turner Experts, where he had been a subject of interest only so far as being someone to be killed.

The Turner Experts tell Turner that when he is ready to talk, he will. They say he can start the healing process by talking.

The Turner Plan does not include talking. It does not include stopping the nightmares. Nightmares are bad dreams, and dreams are natural nocturnal events.

The Turner Plan is in the execution phase. He has founded the Turner Path, and he is lying on the beach. One day he will take off his shoes, another he will remove his shirt. The idea being that he will lie naked on the beach before the summer is out.

For now, he lies on the sand and waits for the tide to come in.