He burst into his nest-room after being humiliated in front of a whole crowd of people. Way more than just 20, by the way. “So stupid. . .” He muttered, his thick green locks falling down to his chest and in front of his whole face. He never showed his face.

He heard one of his sisters, or his mother, call out to him, saying it hadn’t gone that bad. “Not that bad?! Did you see the way they laughed at me?”

His sister, Bea, ran in. “Look, they just don’t understand you, Jonsey. .”

“They don’t NEED to understand me! They made that very clear!” He reached under his hair-vines and wiped his eyes.