In this episode, Shelley rides out to the villages of West Timor to visit Albertus — a farmer in Oebelo with dirt under his fingernails and a wicked sense of humour. She watches him plant Cendana seedlings beside Lamtoro, close enough for their roots to find each other. She makes cat and dog noises in front of several unimpressed children. And she thinks about what it means to plant trees for a future you'll never fully inhabit — and why the word "volunteer" doesn't come anywhere near it.

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