Chapter 21 Summary

As Rick flies over the desert, he thinks about the fact that crops and animals used to flourish in this area. He also ponders his own fame for having killed six Nexus-6 androids in a single day. He lands and tries to call Dave Holden at the hospital. When he is unable to reach him, he sits in the car until he gets cold.

Rick leaves the car and walks through barren landscape. He climbs a hillside, paralleling Mercer's journey up the hill. It becomes warm and he thinks about how he has been defeated and thinks about Rachel, questioning if she is the one who has done so. He almost falls, and then feels a rock hit him in the groin. He keeps climbing until he sees his own shadow and believes it to be Mercer. He panics and returns to his...