: Choosing her mission to find Roger over her own soul, Lyra leaves Pan behind on the shore. As the boat pulls away into the fog, the physical and spiritual bond between them is stretched to its breaking point.
: The boatman informs Lyra that her daemon, Pantalaimon (Pan) , cannot accompany her because he is her soul and still belongs to the world of the living.
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: The episode ends with the agonizing screams of both Lyra and Pan as they experience the trauma of being forcibly "severed" by distance, a moment described by reviewers as one of the most tragic in the series.