The Outside

is the pivot: on a remote island, antlered creatures (Neds) gift Tyler their antlers; he uses them to puppeteer a dead bishop in Dema, shattering a neon tower and setting the chamber ablaze, then looks out to Bandito torches in the distance - the same duo first teased at the end of Nico and the Niners. It’s the first clear on-screen demonstration that Clancy can control the recently dead and that he’s found a way back.