The Watchers

Mina feels that her life is now divided into two parts—before and after her trip into the forest. For instance, she no longer smokes cigarettes. She also often feels like she is still being observed by the watchers. Rather than looking through crowds of people to find someone to sketch, she now looks for watchers. Mina’s hair was wrecked in the forest, so she gets a pixie cut. She is able to enjoy the open sky and sits outside at the pub. When she offers Peter money for the parrot, he refuses to take it. Mina doesn’t blame him for what happened and doesn’t not tell him about her ordeal. She buys expensive food for the bird and puts its cage in her window’s alcove.

Mina struggles to draw in her new sketchbook. However, she leaves it at her apartment when she goes to the pub and feels the urge to draw everyone she sees walking by. She could draw the coop, but she keeps her promise to Madeline to hide everything about the forest. Mina goes to Ciara’s house once a week, where they reminisce about Daniel and John and speculate on Madeline’s whereabouts.