After his wife leaves him, David has 45 days to find a partner at a hotel or become an animal; he escapes, falls for a shortsighted loner, and must decide whether to surrender his sight so they can stay together.
- Scenes 1–15
David moves from his broken home into the hotel, where couplehood is imposed as the norm.
- Scenes 16–24
He must find a partner before the 45-day limit turns him into an animal.
- Scenes 25–62
He participates in the hunt, attempts a false match, then escapes into the woods.
- Just before
- Scene 64
David meets a swimmer who offers to trade information for hotel days; David says he escaped when his time ran out.
- Scene 65
The Loner Leader admits David to the forest community and explains that romance and sex between loners are forbidden.
- Scene 66
Loner Swimmer gives David clothes, a player, a book, and a knife; David learns that a pair of flirtatious loners were punished with the Red Kiss.
- Scene 67
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