Pure Chapter 31 Summary

How It All Goes Down

Meanwhile, El Capitan is waiting for Pressia in the Deadlands, keeping an eye out for Dusts.
He jerks his head around and Helmud's neck makes a popping noise. But don't worry, apparently his neck does that sometimes. He's a-okay.
El Capitan and Helmud's relationship is pretty funny, even if it's a little dark.
Finally the car drives up and El Capitan finds Pressia huddled in the corner of the back seat. She looks bruised and her eyes are red-rimmed.
El Capitan picks up her manila envelope and finds a small device that tracks a blip (like that small dot you'd see on your iPhone's GPS app). The blip is Partridge.
When Pressia talks, she nods the head of her doll hand — El Capitan recognizes this as a signal. When he asks her if she's okay, she says "yes" but shakes her doll's head "no."
El Capitan then reads the mission in the envelope: he is to assist Pressia in finding Partridge and bringing him back to the Dome with his mother.
They then converse about how the Dome isn't evil and that they won't have to fight them after all; but Pressia nods her doll head, signaling that they will fight.
After Pressia exits the car to walk around a bit, El Capitan punches the driver, pulls him out of the car, head-butts him to the ground, and kicks him.
El Capitan takes the wheels and starts to drive away, only to see the driver about to get killed by a Dust.