Chapter 13 Summary

Traffic is annoying as they drive home, thinking about Eric and Linda's nonsense and the fierce-eyed little girl with an adult's mind. Kevin has already grown cynical about being commissioned. He reveals that Sophia tells him that his cat is stupid; stupid cats run into streets and it is an immutable law of the universe that they get run over. Phil is furious that Kevin wastes the Savior's time on this and declares that everyone is happy that the cat is dead. Kevin denies that Sophia is the Savior, claims that she is controlled by a wire in her head, and declares that Phil had been nicer when Fat was inside him. Stopping at their usual bar, Phil struggles to understand all of the irrationalities that Sophia has told them, and then gives up. Home in bed, Phil wonders about Sophia's future and...