The Apothecary

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.

The invisible children run to the bunker, sneak inside, and ride down in an elevator with Danby. A British general asks Danby if he’s had any luck questioning the prisoner, but Danby says that the prisoner’s mute pills haven’t worn off. The general says that the Soviets are looking for the apothecary, and though Shiskin is working with the same group as Burrows, the group likely can’t proceed with their plan without the apothecary. Danby compares him to Oppenheimer. The general asks if Danby is sure that the Scar is on their side, and Danby reassures him. Danby lies, saying that he doesn’t know who killed the gardener.

Danby goes into the room with the prisoner, and the children see that the prisoner is a young Chinese woman, not Benjamin’s father. Danby tells her that Shiskin’s muteness didn’t last this long and threatens to hurt her to get her to talk. When he leaves, the woman addresses the children, who are still invisible, and they’re shocked that she can speak and that she can see them. She’s Jin Lo. Pip picks the lock on her restraints, and she extracts several tiny glass vials from the hem of her shirt, mixing them expertly and creating an orange smoke flare.