Chapters 13-14 Summary

"Shaun" and Jason walk home after visiting Bailey, and Kiriel is pleased that he may have helped unlock the younger boy's emotions a little bit. Back in his room, Kiriel starts to do Shaun's homework but is distracted by his cat, Peanut, who sits staring at him. To Kiriel, the cat's steady, unblinking gaze seems to be accusing him of going against the Creator's will by leaving his post in hell—his "assigned place in the universe." For dinner that night, the Simmons family sits down to a meal of McDonald's takeout, and Kiriel has his first experience with ketchup packets. As he eats, he thinks about how Mrs. Simmons had always tried to get Jason to be more sociable and express his emotions. She tries to persuade Jason to make friends with Cameron, a boy from the neighborhood, but...