Summary

In Chapter 16, “Dust,” Elsa plans to take the bus, but everyone at the bus stop is afraid of The Monster and the wurse. They set out walking and people still avoid them on the street. They reach the address and Elsa stops at a hamburger chain for food, taking time to mark through a typographical error on the restaurant's window. When they have eaten, Elsa goes to the elevator. The wurse outright refuses to enter. The Monster is careful not to touch anything. Based on the signs on the offices, Elsa discovers she is going to a therapist's office, though she says it is a “terrorpist.”

Elsa discovers the office is closed and she settles in to wait. She and The Monster talk and she learns that Granny saved him from a refugee camp and later from abusive foster homes. She also learns...