Summary

Nelson's journey begins to uncover the life of her aunt Jane, and she meets resistance in the lack of knowledge about her, with her grandfather asking her if she will be a figment of Nelson's imagination. Nelson then uses her imagination to invent a Jane-like figure, one that is not aware herself of her surroundings and the mystery surrounding her, using the imaginary woman as someone she can engage with in her head (Figment).

A passage from Edgar Allen Poe is included, titled "A Philosophy of Composition," which highlights the poetic nature of a beautiful woman's murder. Jane's journal entries from 1966 show the mystery that Nelson is attempting to understand, the image being of a woman rebellious but unsure of where her life is headed.

In "Two Wrongs," Nelson brings up elephants being able to recognize the bones of their dead, saying that it...