The excitement about the trip to Norfolk evaporates after the conversation about deferrals. Kathy, Ruth, Tommy, Chrissie, and Rodney walk sullenly through the town to seek out the possible. Ruth quietly seethes when Chrissie and Rodney take a break to buy birthday cards. They explore a large department store. Kathy wanders around and spots Ruth and Chrissie in the midst of a heated discussion. Standing nearby, trying not to be seen, she listens in. Ruth continues to defend the referrals but insists that she knows nothing of the technical details. They spot Kathy, and the conversation ends.

After the store, they try to find Ruth’s possible. They find a glass-fronted office and stare inside. They see an older woman who has some resemblance to Ruth, particularly when she laughs. The possible has just enough of a resemblance to make the theory plausible. They run away when the office workers wave awkwardly. When they regroup, everyone talks excitedly except Ruth, who seems puzzled. She suggests that they return to the office for another look and then silently stares at the window from a parking lot.

The possible exits the office, and they follow her through the town to an art gallery.