- Connie is depressed because she has electrodes in her head. Which seems like a pretty good reason to be depressed, really.
- She is uncooperative and remote.
- Dolly sometimes shows up. She's mostly useless, and miserable, though she doesn't admit she's miserable.
- Connie wants Dolly to get her out of the asylum. She wants Dolly to take her daughter back and stop drugging herself. Dolly isn't going to do any of those things, though.
- Some detail here on the doctors. Dr. Morgan is married and unfaithful; Dr. Redding has four kids; Dr. Argent is upper class; Dr. Redding wants to be invited to some party thing that Dr. Argent does.
- So, pro-tip, Shmoopers—when an author gives you backstory on minor characters, it means the author has plans for those characters. If you're a minor character in a novel and you suddenly get a backstory, watch out.
- Connie hears from Luciente all of a sudden. She manages to get to the future pretty soon afterwards, and learns that Jackrabbit has died in battle.
- Luciente is very upset.
- Jackrabbit's body has been brought back and the service begins.
- Arthur, Jackrabbit's mother, speaks about how he loved Jackrabbit but always had tension with him.
- Other folks share memories too, including Luciente.
- Bolivar can't cry. Erzulia, who is a healer, dances, imitating Jackrabbit. Bolivar dances with her and remembers Jackrabbit and cries.
- The service breaks up; they go to eat. Bolivar remembers traveling with Jackrabbit.
- Those who want one take remembrances from Jackrabbit.
- They learn that the council has decided to create an exact genetic duplicate of Jackrabbit, which is a great honor.
- Connie then has to go back to the past, where she's been out for twelve hours, completely freaking out the doctors, and Sybil and Tina as well.
- Connie feels she's won a victory, though, since she's gotten them to put off putting electrodes in Tina for the moment.