July 2003, just outside of Lafayette, Louisiana. Luna’s friend Ellie calls collect from a payphone at the Lake Charles Motel, a place that looks like it was abandoned during the Carter administration. Ellie is on a road trip to visit her mother, but she got lost, took a wrong turn, and ended up on a stretch of highway that wasn't on any map. She's been driving for hours, and the motel was the only light she'd seen for miles. The man at the front desk gave her a key to room 12, but he didn't say a word—just slid the key across the counter with yellow fingernails. Ellie is on the phone with Luna, whispering, because she can hear something moving in the wall. Not a mouse. Not a pipe. Something that sounds like it's breathing in rhythm with her. Luna tries to keep her calm, tries to tell her it's just an old building, but then Ellie says the phone cord has started to move on its own—and Luna can hear it too, through the receiver, a faint static that doesn't sound like a phone line. The episode ends with a single dial tone, and Luna saying 'Ellie?', but there's no answer. Just the hum of an empty line and the memory of a breathing wall.