Departure is the third chapter in the First Configuration. It reveals Levine is being followed.
Plot[]
As Levine leaves to board his plane, he notices a bank of telephones and that one of them is being used by the pilot who flew himself and Marty to the beach where the animal carcass was found. Suspicious, Levine pretends to be adjusting his backpack and eavesdrops on the call: the pilot mentions that Levine knows nothing and was not allowed to take pictures and that an island is involved but they are not sure which one. Puzzled, he uses his satellite phone to send a message to Ian informing him of the carcass washed up is very likely a Ornitholestes and that he is sending him a sample to examine as well as warning him that other parties are interested in what is occurring. After leaving his message, he gathers his pack and heads through the departure gate to catch his plane.
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