67. Phone Call. Cody then writes, in his own journal, that he and Sophie were able to phone home at the cottage of Dock’s friend. He says Sophie was in disbelief that she was able to hear her mom and dad’s voice—she thought she would never talk to them again. Sophie’s mom, however, said that Bompie hadn’t been well; after hearing this, everyone quickly returned to the car and began rushing towards Bompie’s house. Rosalie said she’d rejoin Dock at Bompie’s in a couple of days.
Cody ends his journal entry saying that everyone is on a ferry crossing the Irish Sea towards Wales. He says Brian asked Sophie if she thought that Bompie would recognize everyone or not—she says “Of course,” and Cody writes that Brian didn’t seem to have bad intentions with his question. Brian wasn’t trying to be mean this time, Cody says, but rather to figure Sophie out, and he seems actually worried about her. Cody also says that he thinks Brian is deeply bothered by the fact that Sophie sees the world in such a completely different way than he does. While Brian is obsessed with truth and facts, Sophie seems to live in her own little dream world.
At long last, Sophie gets to communicate with her parents. Having encountered the nearly fatal wave at sea, it’s a joy to communicate with them, and to reconnect after such a long time. Hearing thatBompie is ill prompts everyone to swiftly leave Dock’s friend’s house—even if this means postponing Dock’s reunion with Rosalie.
The fact that Brian seems to be genuinely sincere when he asks whether Bompie will recognize everyone or not marks quite a transformation. It seems that Brian has started to actually worry about Sophie’s psychological well-being, and is not just trying to be mean to her or degrade her sense of imagination and aloofness, which clashes with his own sense of order and rationality.