Chapter Thirty-Two: Here’s Your Happy Ending.

Summary

• The protagonist spends their last night in Empis with Dora, sleeping well and sharing a final meal in the morning.
• Saying goodbye to Dora, they return to the tunnel entrance, greeted by Sir Snab who can't continue with them due to the atmospheric difference in their worlds.
• The protagonist lights a candle placed in a glass sleeve and enters the tunnel with Radar, their dog.
• After a disorienting journey through the tunnel and well, the protagonist finds the hidden exit undisturbed, revealing the passage to their old world still unnoticed.
• Exiting the tunnel into their old world, the protagonist arrives in a snow-covered backyard, recognizing their face on a missing poster posted nearby.
• Fight a brief urge to return to Empis but continues home, realizing they have been gone for four months.
• Reaching the house, they find their father watching TV. Upon seeing the protagonist, the father bursts into tears, believing they were dead, and they embrace.