Demon Copperhead

Miss Barks checks in on Demon at school. Demon’s mother still needs to complete rehab and supervised visitation before he can go back home with her. He and Stoner will have to learn how to live together. Demon tells her that Crickson hasn’t hit him but that he’s cruel to Tommy and Swap-Out; however, Miss Foster works for a company that doesn’t have jurisdiction over Tommy and Swap-Out, so she doesn’t take their abuse into account. She nearly forgets to help him retrieve his things from his mother’s house, and Demon is thankful that he’s not the type of person who relies on people like Miss Barks.

Demon ingratiates himself with Fast Forward by drawing comics of the Hillbilly Squadron as superheroes. Fast Forward tells him he has talent.

Demon starts supervised visits with his mother at a McDonald’s. They eat and talk while Miss Barks watches from a few tables away. Demon’s mom assures him that she’s getting clean for him, which makes Demon feel anxious that if she relapses, it will mean that she doesn’t care for him.

Tommy and Demon are out in the fields, and Tommy is searching for grasshoppers.