isolation-and-displacement

Polly is trapped in a temporal drop in London during the Blitz and experiences a terrifying bombing raid that damages the drop, preventing her return to her own time. She discovers that the bombing that destroyed the area actually occurred two nights earlier, meaning she is temporally displaced and isolated from her retrieval team and familiar people, many of whom are now dead. The chapter explores Polly's growing realization of the tragic consequences of the bombing and her precarious situation in time and space.