A woman tells Clara she and Eli will be engaged next month and invites her. The mood shifts when someone warns, "Tessa doesn't have long"—Tessa needs blood and wants Clara to fulfill her requests. Clara says she must go to Downrir to work on an artwork; Lily finds a suitcase and relatives demand Clara stay, even proposing to cut her funds. Elias tries to settle things by giving Clara a painting room upstairs. The family remains divided as Dahlia coaxes Tessa to eat, leaving Clara's departure and Tessa's need for blood unresolved.