Davisville

Davisville is the site of a Luke 4:5 protest that brings Burton Fisher’s hostility toward the group into public view and draws his sister, Flynne Fisher, into the practical work of keeping him from trouble. After the protest, Homes places Burton and the other demonstrators in protective custody at West Davis High, turning the town into a setting for both political confrontation and enforced containment. Davisville matters less as a portrait of a fully described community than as the place where Burton’s capacity for violence, the local reach of security agencies, and Flynne’s concern for her brother meet.

Setting and Protest

Luke 4:5 is protesting in Davisville, a fact Flynne has heard from Shaylene. The group’s activity gives Burton a reason to go there, and Flynne asks whether he is heading to town. He says Leon is picking him up. The exchange makes the protest immediate and personal: it is not a distant political story but a possible occasion for Burton to act, with his family aware of the risk before he leaves.

Flynne and Shaylene agree that they are worried Burton will get into trouble over Luke 4:5, though they do not otherwise see him the same way. Flynne describes the group as originating in or around a church and opposing gay people, abortion, and birth control; it also protests military funerals. She regards its members as men who take other people’s contempt as evidence of divine approval. Burton’s fixation on them frightens her because she suspects they are a convenient target for him, rather than the source of whatever usually keeps him under control.

Burton and the Threat of Violence

The danger Flynne associates with Davisville is sharpened by Burton’s previous appearance at a funeral protest in Carolina. She identifies him as the person shown on the news the previous month, at a funeral there. That earlier public incident makes the new protest feel like a recurrence: Flynne has reason to believe that Burton’s opposition to Luke 4:5 could again become physical rather than remain political antagonism.

Before Burton goes, Flynne searches beneath the table for the black nylon case holding Burton’s tomahawk. She takes it out and inspects the weapon, then puts the case back. Its careful description—a hawk-billed, chisel-edged blade, a curved and springy handle, and a maker in Tennessee who supplied Haptic Recon 1—connects Burton’s military past to the possibility of violence in the present. Flynne does not confront him with the weapon or take it away; the quiet inspection instead shows how she tries to assess and manage the danger around him.

Protective Custody at West Davis High

After the protest, Leon tells Flynne that Burton is with Homes in protective custody. He is not formally arrested, but Leon describes him as locked up. The distinction leaves the status of the detention uneasy: it is presented as protective rather than criminal, yet Burton cannot simply leave. Homes takes everyone’s phones, including Flynne’s concern that the device Macon printed for her might now be examined by Homeland computers.

Leon expects the detention to last until Luke 4:5 has moved on, though he says Homes does not give a definite release time. The protesters are gathered in the center of the track at West Davis High. From the bleachers, Leon can watch Burton playing cards, eating MREs, or sleeping. The details make the intervention concrete and almost mundane: a school track becomes a holding area, and confinement is measured out in food, cards, and sleep rather than in a stated legal timetable.

Family Concern and the Limits of Containment

Leon stays nearby, sleeping in his car and keeping off the street while he waits. He has little to do and no meaningful way to reach Burton, so watching from the bleachers becomes the closest thing to contact. Flynne asks him to get Burton to call when he is released; Leon agrees. Her attention remains on Burton’s well-being and on what may happen after the immediate protest has passed, while the family’s information comes secondhand through Leon.

The episode does not resolve Burton’s underlying hostility toward Luke 4:5. Homes’ temporary custody removes him from the protest’s immediate setting, but Flynne doubts that boredom will stop him from going back next time. Later, Burton says Luke 4:5 is not the real problem and warns that they should expect more frightening company, briefly putting a hand on Reece’s shoulder before heading down the hill. Flynne catches up and asks what the people who phoned him looked like. The turn redirects attention from Davisville’s protesters to a more serious threat, while leaving the town’s earlier confrontation as evidence of how quickly Burton’s volatile past can become a present concern.