A man named Mark Phillips dismounts, begging for help. As they lay the frozen bodies in the community garage, Scott bursts in to say that more snowmobiles are approaching. The next morning, Evan learns that Jenna and her friend Tara froze to death while trying to walk home from the party. Evan lunges at Scott, but Scott stands and towers over Evan. Evan grows angrier when he sees a teenager named Jenna sitting on Scott’s lap. Some days later, Evan disrupts a party at his younger brother Cam’s house, angry that people are wasting energy. That night, Evan dreams about a room filled with dead bodies.

That evening, Scott bursts in, saying that he may as well meet everyone, and Evan’s skin crawls. They agree to let Scott stay if he keeps a low profile and contributes to the community. Terry doesn’t want to turn Scott away-but other council members (who run the reservation), like Walter, are wary about Scott’s arrival. The next day, a large man named Justin Scott arrives on a snowmobile, explaining that the power also went out in his town, which erupted in violent chaos. They fled their residential school in Gibson (the nearest town, 300 kilometers south) after the power went out and people began rioting. Later that week, local teenagers Nick Jonas and his friend Kevin arrive on snowmobiles. The reservation’s oldest member and spiritual guide, Aileen Jones, blesses the meeting with a sage ceremony. A couple days later, at a community meeting, the reservation’s chief, Terry Meegis, advises the community to conserve energy because the power grid is offline-they’re running on back-up diesel generators. Last night, Dan dreamed that he saw Evan looking gaunt and scared, standing in front of a fire. The next day, Evan visits his parents, Dan and Patricia. The television is out, but they think it’ll be back on soon. Evan drives home to his partner Nicole, son Maiingan, and daughter Nangohns. Evan has been hard at work hunting food for the winter, and he’ll share his bounty with his Anishinaabe community. Evan Whitesky shoots a moose, makes a tobacco offering, and hauls the carcass into his truck.

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