It turned out that during Andrew's conversation with the Symbols, Enoch had gone and brought the rest of their family to the Manor to stay with them. Andrew worried a bit about having enough resources to support everyone, but he quickly decided it was worth it to be with his wife and calves again. Moira staunchly refused to leave Andrew's side for the rest of the night, and for that he was thankful.

In the morning (or whenever it was that everyone started waking up), people were feeling better, and some of the supernatural creatures who had been too injured to go home last night were able to leave today. The Symbols were still tired, but that was to be expected. They got up anyway, got to work anyway. There were things to take care of before they could form the Wheel again.

The dryads prepared a breakfast that everyone gladly ate, even if some of the flavors were unfamiliar to the humans. As they ate, they discussed the broadcast they wanted to send to the other humans, and decided Andrew and Gideon would be the ones to give it — Andrew because he was a nonhuman and proof of the supernatural, and Gideon because he would explain (and apologize for) the Order and its memory wiping.

Andrew and Gideon went outside after breakfast and talked to the unicorn sheep. The unicorn sheep did indeed have a spell that could make a sort of "magical hologram," as Mabel had put it, and they agreed to broadcast Andrew and Gideon's message to the humans.

"We'll do that tomorrow, then," said Andrew. "I need to spend today meeting with the other nonhumans."

He went back in to get Lee, and the two left for the minotaur village. Mabel and Dipper decided to tag along, doubling Andrew's little group in size.

Gideon and Pacifica wanted to go too, but Melody convinced them to go with her and visit the Order members instead. "They'll see the broadcast tomorrow," she said, "but I think more communication is always good."

The Order members, for their part, were relieved to see Gideon, Pacifica, and Melody, because it meant they would finally get some news about what was going on. Most of them had a vague idea of the township, but none of them had been expecting things to go the way they had, and any efforts to contact Bill and ask him about it had failed. They felt scared and betrayed.

"Bill was deceiving us," Pacifica told them. "But he's gone now."

Though the news of Bill's defeat was shocking, nobody seemed particularly sad about it. They were mostly worried about getting home, and dealing with angry neighbors, and having the eyes of world turn to the town and forest. It was hard to wrap their heads around the idea that everyone would know about the magical creatures in Gravity Rises.

Gideon told them about the broadcast. The hope was that the townspeople would have time before the township returned to process everything that Gideon was going to tell them. Most of the Order members understood that this was probably the best way to do it, but that didn't stop their worry.

They weren't the only ones worrying. In the minotaur village, discussions were long and tense. The various species had talked about the possibility of discovery before, but that didn't relieve much of the stress of knowing that said discovery was about to happen. They had a lot to talk about, like how they were going to interact with the government, or what role the new Order would have. Mabel and Dipper were very happy to be there at first, because they got to see June and watch so many different species talk to each other; but they ended up being unable to handle it for long, and after about an hour they decided to go back to the Manor. Enoch, who was plenty distressed but who felt a duty to be there with Andrew, declined the invitation to go with them.

The discussions lasted all day. Gideon and Pacifica eventually got tired of repeating the same thing to different Order members, so they made sure at least one Order member per island had been talked to and could talk to the others, then left to join the others at the minotaur village. Janice Corduroy was there, and Pacifica could see that Greg's spirit was present, too. There were long talks, then breaks to rest and eat, and then more talks.

Lee didn't do a lot of the talking, but he was still feeling pretty worn out. The exhaustion from the defeating Bill yesterday had hung over him all day today. But he tried to stay attentive.

Eventually, Andrew noticed that Lee was about to fall asleep. "Let's pause for tonight and meet again tomorrow."

"Is it nighttime?" Lee asked sleepily.

"Who cares?" said Pacifica.

Andrew managed to get the entire group to a stopping point, though it took at least ten minutes, and Lee may or may not have fallen asleep for a bit while he was waiting. "Tomorrow," Andrew announced, "Gideon and I will plan what we're going to say in the broadcasted message to the humans. Then we'll return here and verify it with all of you. My hope is to send it out as soon as possible."

And when will the Symbols form the Cipher Wheel? asked a giant wolf.

"We don't know," said Gideon. "Sometime in the next few days, I imagine."

The others weren't exactly happy about this, but there wasn't much they could do. Magical fatigue — not to mention the despondency of grief — couldn't just be waved away with a spell.

Andrew, Enoch, the Corduroys, and the Symbols went back to the Northwest Manor, where the Symbols slept for at least ten hours, some more like twelve. Ford, who hadn't left the Manor all day, had fallen asleep even before Lee had gotten back.

Or maybe he was just pretending. Maybe he was too mad at Lee to talk to him.

Lee lay down on the other side of the bed. "Good night, Ford," he said quietly. "I love you."

No response.

The Symbols slept. Gideon was one of the first to get up, and he and Andrew got right to planning out their message. Hours later, when they felt good about their plan, they flew to the minotaur village and got it approved by the leaders there.

They returned to find Mabel and Dipper outside with the unicorn sheep. "We wanna see their magic!" Dipper said.

"And support you guys," Mabel added.

They got ready. Gideon and Andrew stood together in the Northwests' snowy yard. "Gideon, your amulet," Andrew said.

"Right," Gideon said. He untied the amulet from his collar. "Mabel, will you hold onto this? It'll show people that I won't wipe their memories again, if I don't have the amulet on me."

"And seeing it could be distressing for them," Andrew said.

"Right." Gideon handed Mabel the amulet, and she put it in her pocket. It was a powerful artifact, but in her hands it was just a rock.

The unicorn sheep formed a circle around Gideon and Andrew. Their horns glowed with yellow light, and Andrew could sense their magic flow out. Something flickered into view. Gideon's eyes widened in surprise as two huge figures appeared in the yard. Holograms of Gideon and Andrew: thirty feet tall, glowing yellow, ready to broadcast the message.

Gideon wasn't sure what he had been expecting — an individual hologram appearing in front of every human in town? — but he had to admit this made more sense in practical terms. "Testing," he said.

His voice boomed out from the hologram.

"Woah," said Dipper, whose hands were firmly pressed against his ears.

Woah was right. Gideon took a deep breath, and through the hologram the sound was amplified to the noise of a roaring river. "I hope everyone can hear me," he said, though he doubted that anyone could not hear him. "This is Gideon Northwest talking, here with my friend Andrew. Don't be afraid. This is how we're getting a message to the town without electricity. Everyone, come outside and look in the direction of the Northwest Manor. You'll see us."

They waited a moment for people to do as instructed. Then Andrew took over from there. He explained who he was, what species he was, and how there were other nonhuman intelligent species living in the forest. He explained Bill, the township, the danger — and that the danger had passed. He promised that Gravity Rises and its forest would return to Earth sometime in the next few days — possibly as soon as tomorrow. His voice echoed across the township; there was no way for people to miss it. Or so Gideon hoped.

Then it was Gideon's turn. "Some of you — maybe most of you — may have been remembering some very strange and unsettling things. Now that I'm going to talk about them, I'm sure more people will remember. If you have any memories of seeing supernatural species — memories you didn't seem to have before — or if you remember any moments with me in a stone room with a glowing blue light, well, I'm here to tell you that you're not crazy. Whatever you're remembering, it happened."

Gideon told the town about the Order and its alliance with Bill. He told of the memory wiping, which he'd been doing for the past six years. He didn't mention the memory gun — it had been used pretty rarely, according to Lincoln, and those memories that it had taken were never coming back. And the gun had been destroyed. So, Gideon and Andrew had reasoned, there was no need to mention it and cause more panic.

But Gideon did talk about the amulet. He confessed what he had been doing with it. "And I'm sorry," he said. "I'm truly sorry for taking your memories. It wasn't my choice; I was essentially forced to do it. But I'm still the one who did it. I'm the one you remember. Many of you were scared or even panicking when you faced me down in the Order, and now you'll have to remember that. I'm sorry. And I definitely won't do it again."

"The Order isn't disbanding," Andrew said, "but it is changing. Dramatically. It'll work against Cipher instead of for him. It'll work with us nonhumans instead of hiding us from you."

Gideon nodded.

The two of them also explained what was probably going on back on Earth, and what things could be like when they got back. "I'm sure we'll all be bothered by reporters for the rest of our lives," Gideon said, his flat voice a clear indicator that he was not looking forward to it.

"We nonhumans are going to need to negotiate with people, too, like the various levels of government." Andrew described the supernatural creatures' inability to leave the forest. Therefore, the negotiations would have to happen inside the town, or at its borders.

"We'll need you all to be calm," he said. "Maybe it'll take a while for you to trust us. That's okay. But we're not evil, and we're not looking to hurt anyone. We just want to live here quietly like we've always done."

"Of course, some species have similar intelligence to animals," Gideon said. "Like the gremloblins, which should be treated the way you'd treat bears: with avoidance and care. The Order will be offering information and training that covers safety in the forest, now that you're aware of the magic there. But Andrew's right in saying that no one wants to hurt you. And the intelligent species hope for your support in their efforts to avoid conflict and violence."

"It'll be easy at first," Andrew said. "For the first week after we get back, the barrier — that invisible wall — will change, but not go down. You, the humans inside the township, will be able to leave Gravity Rises. We nonhumans won't be able to leave, as per usual. And humans outside of Gravity Rises won't be able to come in."

Mabel and Dipper looked to each other in surprise. They hadn't known this.

Gideon nodded to them. It was something that had been talked about at the minotaur village yesterday, when the twins weren't there but Gideon was.

Andrew continued, "That means that if you want to talk to people outside of town, you'll have to leave town. Or if you want to leave the crowd for some peace and quiet, you can come back. Outsiders won't be able to follow you. I'll be at the town border, talking with people through the wall. Other nonhumans will be with me. Those outside of town won't be able to do anything rash, because the barrier will protect the forest from weapons and other hostilities."

Gideon imagined people reacting in shock to that. Weapons? Was their town going to become a war zone?

Gideon hoped not. So did Andrew and everyone else.

"If you're worried about leaving town for medical or other help, don't worry," Andrew said. "We nonhumans will help you. There are multiple creatures who can transport people to the town borders. We are setting up a system where those creatures are available. You may have already seen or communicated with some perytons or hippogriffs."

"Or giant wolves," Gideon said. "Don't be scared of them. They're gentle, and they can talk with you telepathically. So can the others Andrew just mentioned."

"The point is, you won't be stranded in here, and we'll make sure everyone is safe. We want to work with you, not against you."

The message went on for quite a while. Mabel imagined the thoughts and emotions of everyone listening. Would they mainly feel relief or fear? What were the looks on their faces?

Finally, they wrapped things up. "Our ordeal isn't over yet," Gideon said. "Things are going to get crazy when we get home. But the dangerous part is over. We're safe. I'm thankful for that. And even with the craziness, I'm going to be happy to be home."

"Me too," Andrew said. "We'll see the sun again soon."

With that, the unicorn sheep ended their broadcast, and the giant holograms disappeared.

"I might be deaf now," Dipper declared, "but that was really cool."

Gideon laughed a little. To his relief, the laugh was not magically amplified. "Yeah," he said, "I guess it was cool."

"Do you want your amulet back?" said Mabel.

"Sure." He'd missed the feeling of it on his collar.

"You did a great job, Gideon," Andrew said. "Thank you for doing that with me."

"You're welcome."

"I'm glad everybody knows what's going on," Mabel said. "It must've been so scary for them."

The four of them thanked the unicorn sheep, then went back inside. "I should get back to my village," Andrew said, "and keep talking with the people there. But you Symbols should rest here. You've earned it."

Gideon sort of wanted to go with Andrew, just to hear what the minotaurs would talk about, but he agreed that the Symbols should rest. Gideon went up to his room and flopped on his bed. That had been pretty nerve-wracking, to talk for so long to everyone. Even though he couldn't see his audience, he'd known they were there. It had been hard to keep his composure.

Well, he'd done it. And now he could rest.