The first story of Chapter 53: A Time for Healing Torg and Aylee return, without being caught by the government. Aylee changes form, resembling a female human. They first go to Monica's apartment, then to Torg's apartment. Gwynn and Zoë have both lost their hair: Zoë gnawed Gwynn's hair when she was a camel, Gwynn magicked Zoë's hair off out of anger. Zoë asked Gwynn to return to her job to bring money in. Gwynn was fired because she hadn't shown up for a week, and was replaced by Jane. Gwynn gets the job of the bookkeeper at Zomblebees. She asks Jane for her monkeys, but Jane denies knowing anything of monkeys.