 To convince the rest of the colony , Peter and Thea plan to use a piece of mythology , that a dog with four white paws would be born when it was time to leave . Such a dog had been born several days ago but has yet to open his eyes . Thea decides to proceed without using the dog and tries to convince the colony at a reenactment of the Settler 's escape to Greenland with several allies who know of Rowen 's actions . Just as Thea and her allies are about to lose the argument , Peter arrives with the dog , whose eyes are open . That , coupled with the fact that Peter is an eye adept , the first in a hundred years , convinces the colony to listen to Thea instead of Rowen . The novel ends eight months later as the people of Gracehope are slowly educated on global warming and the dangers of staying in their colony . 
 To convince the rest of the colony , Peter and Thea plan to use a piece of mythology , that a dog with four white paws would be born when it was time to leave . Such a dog <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> been born several days ago but <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> yet to open his eyes . Thea <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>decides</mark></a> to proceed without using the dog and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>tries</mark></a> to convince the colony at a reenactment of the Settler <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>escape to Greenland with several allies <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>know of Rowen <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>actions . Just as Thea and her allies <a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>are</mark></a>about to lose the argument , Peter <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>arrives</mark></a> with the dog , whose eyes <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>are</mark></a>open . That , coupled with the fact that Peter <a href='drop_aux' title='11'><mark>is</mark></a>an eye adept , the first in a hundred years , <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>convinces</mark></a> the colony to listen to Thea instead of Rowen . The novel <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>ends</mark></a> eight months later as the people of Gracehope are slowly educated on global warming and the dangers of staying in their colony . 
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