June meets Geoff after a night of accusatory texts. Geoff, exhausted, reviews Athena’s Instagram and says the image is photoshopped; he was long blocked by Athena. June speculates about relatives or even a faked death, but Geoff dismisses both, and June recalls witnessing Athena’s actual death.

When Geoff asks for honesty, June cannot confess, but he makes clear he understands. June vents that Athena stole others’ pain for art. Geoff corroborates, describing how Athena mined their arguments and vulnerabilities for her stories, leaving him unsure whether their relationship was real or material.

June suddenly glimpses what looks like Athena outside, waving, then vanishing, rattling her further. Geoff advises her to work on something else and ignore the trolls. When June suggests responding to the account, he reacts sharply, warning that engagement will only worsen things.

Geoff pays, walks June out, and insists the online tempest isn’t the real world. They part on tentative, sympathetic terms. June considers that Geoff may also have been hurt by Athena and recognizes their shared, futile entanglement with her legacy.