Lily and Adri talk after Adri finishes reading the letters aloud. Both hope that Ellis went after Catherine. Lily is happy to hear about her mother but is sad that she is not related to the Godspeeds, meaning she will be the last in the family left on Earth when Adri leaves. Adri then says she knows what she wants to ask from Lamont—for Lamont to fund returning Galapagos to the wild. He agrees.

Adri and Lily travel with Galapagos to an island. Lily is nervous; she worries Galapagos will get sick, and she does not like the flight. The island is pristine, and Trevor, a scientist, explains that the island and the tortoises are protected. The scientists there have experience rewilding domestic tortoises, and they will be helping Galapagos with the transition.

They land and release Galapagos. Although they can’t stay long because the female tortoises are laying eggs, Lily is given time to say goodbye. On the flight back, Adri asks what Lily told Galapagos. Lily talked about freedom and pain, and she told Galapagos she loved her. They watch the island from the plane window, and Adri imagines the tortoise doing well in the wild.