no. Unambiguously, she is not--worse, she's aware now she's not. Her Sleeper is missing; her connection to him is all-but-severed. She doesn't know what's caused it nor whether this means he's beyond hope of rescue.

Fern's taken the note, and that means she can wring her tiny claws together and stare up at him with distressed intensity. no. no. read. help.

Her efforts with the notes have to have been worth something--right?