Blank shot a flaming arrow inside the cave to make sure it was safe from the wendigos. It really was, and there was no one there. The traces of the bodyguards camping there were miniscule, so they must have left it for a long time now.
They went inside to settle there for the night, and repeat their routine of searching and traveling at dusk.
It was disappointing for Harker and Joan, but it was still progress as they have returned to where they were originally from. Still, what the little boy said was troubling them.
The little boy was now in a long conversation with his older brother. He was moving his hands around wildly, as if he was truly alarmed by something. He then kept on saying something similar to 'Sasquatch', which made Harker curious. He approached the two and asked:
"Is he saying that the monster we encountered was the Sasquatch himself? Bigfoot?" Harker asked. "But I thought he was an ape…."
