"Because you won't know if people disappear here," Effy decides, the thought coming to her out of nowhere as she glances around, but it feels right when she thinks more about it, glances at the way everything on this island's untouched. When people disappear on Tabula Rasa, everyone sweeps in to scatter the memories among people, people still alive and well and thriving. Nothing of that would happen to anyone who vanishes from this spot, because it's too far away from the masses.

And something about the thought rends her heart.

Crossing the space and linking her hand with Kate's, Effy nods further in the direction they were originally walking. "Let's find the boats. Walk 'round the island until we're tired."