Summary

At the beginning of Chapter 51, Kirsten, Sayid, and August make their way toward the airport. They arrive and head toward the Departures Gate. A man and a woman meet them with crossbows. The woman drops her bow and runs toward them: it’s Charlie. Kirsten and Charlie reunite and Kirsten asks about a tattooist to mark her latest kill. They talk about a time when they explored a house together and found a tea set arranged on a table that wasn’t dusty, like the rest of the house was. Charlie wonders about that tea set. Kirsten suggests a ghost had taken care of it. Kirsten remembers that night and how the Symphony was performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She recalls Dieter talking about Shakespeare and how he was defined by the plague.

Kirsten hears noises in the distance and sees...