Pet

The next afternoon, Jam braids her hair and talks to Pet in her room. Bitter and Aloe don’t know that Pet wasn’t sent back into the painting. Pet and Jam discuss how to hunt down the monster. Jam thinks that she can simply drop Pet off at Redemption’s house, but Pet tells her that she must be the one to see the monster for who it is. Pet will do the rest. Jam goes to the movies with Redemption like she does every weekend. Though Redemption senses something wrong, he does not push Jam for more information.

After, Jam and Redemption go to Redemption’s house. There, they see Moss, Redemption’s younger brother, and Redemption’s three parents: Malachite, Beloved, and Whisper. Whisper is in a polyamorous relationship with Malachite and Beloved, who are Redemption’s biological mother and father, respectively. Redemption’s house is full of uncles and their children. Later, Malachite’s sister, Glass, arrives with Redemption and Moss’s Uncle Hibiscus for dinner. Moss does not like to be touched and runs in and out of the house, accidentally scraping up his arms. Moss refuses to let Whisper clean his scrapes.