Slaughter brings the baby home. The baby cries constantly, and Slaughter yells. Little Slaughter and the narrator enjoy the pauses. Little Slaughter sneaks chicken into the room for the narrator, and talks about taking the narrator to Disney. She tells the narrator that she wishes she could work there as the Evil Queen and scare the children. The narrator closes their eyes and pictures Disney. They fall asleep and dream for the first time since the fire.

The narrator wakes up moving impossibly fast. They are in a car, sitting as though they were a human, buckled into the passenger seat. Little Slaughter is driving and looks over, telling the narrator that they are going to Disney. The narrator realizes that this is the long death, but from inside a car. They believe they see the body of the Kill Sharer on the road, but soon realize it is just a bag. Little Slaughter tells the narrator it is their birthday, but the narrator has no idea how she would know.

They arrive at Disney. When Little Slaughter opens the door, the narrator falls out of the car. They follow others toward the park, and the narrator notices that Little Slaughter is wearing a blue jumpsuit and mouse ears. They wonder when she changed. As they walk, the narrator feels as though something is different, and realizes that they do not smell fear. No one around them is scared of the narrator.

At the entrance, a woman asks if the narrator is a service animal. When Little Slaughter offers to show the paperwork, the woman waves them in, stamping Little Slaughter’s hand and the narrator’s paw. Before she lets them go, the woman takes a picture of them. She tells them to smile and the narrator does. Inside the park, the narrator notices other big animals, but realizes they are costumes. People come up to the narrator, complimenting and petting them, without fear. Little Slaughter brings the narrator to a bench and tells them to wait. When the narrator grows hungry, Little Slaughter appears with a huge turkey leg.

Next, Little Slaughter brings the narrator to a ride. When she asks the narrator to stand up and measure against the height requirement, they do. The ride is a log that floats through water. There are animals singing and being tortured, and when the log drops over a cliff, the narrator feels disoriented. They are soaking wet after the ride, and when the narrator shakes out their fur, everyone around them laughs. Little Slaughter points to a screen, and the narrator sees a picture of them on the ride. They look scared, despite being happy.

They wait in a line surrounded by glowing wooden statues that remind the narrator of their kittenhood in the forest. Little Slaughter tells the narrator that this is her favorite part of the park. When they reach the end of the line, Little Slaughter gives the narrator ice cream, but asks the narrator to stand up while eating. For the rest of their trip, the narrator walks on two legs, and feels as though it is right.

Night falls and suddenly Little Slaughter is wearing a dark dress and a crown. She turns to the narrator and says that she is the Evil Queen now. They walk through a line of people and see a throne and a sofa. The narrator knows that this is where they belong. Everyone acts as though they are royalty. The narrator looks into the distance and can finally see Los Angeles clearly. People photograph them, and the narrator feels the urge to speak.

When the narrator speaks, the throne and sofa begin moving, and they and Little Slaughter are on a parade float. People cheer and when Little Slaughter tells the narrator to look up, they see fireworks in the shape of their smiling faces. The narrator waves to the crowd, and Little Slaughter tells them that they are in the happiest place on earth.

The narrator wakes from this dream to a scream. A woman in the doorway with a vacuum pushes it toward the narrator and freezes. The narrator remains calm, licking their paw, but she runs away screaming. Little Slaughter rushes into the room, apologizing, saying that she forgot the maid came on Mondays. She sits on the sofa and the narrator rests their head on her lap. She pets them before jumping up to begin packing a bag. Little Slaughter announces that they will just have to leave for Santa Fe early.

She assures the narrator that it did nothing wrong, taking responsibility for this mess. When they hear a car pull into the driveway, Little Slaughter panics, saying it is Slaughter. Slaughter storms into the room, and the narrator realizes that they expected Slaughter to be bigger. Slaughter yells at Little Slaughter, whom he calls “Jane,” telling her to get away from the narrator. Slaughter comes into the room, admonishing Little Slaughter for keeping a cougar in the house with the new baby.

When Slaughter asks her why her suitcase is out, she tells him that if he can have a baby, she wants one too. Slaughter holds a bat, and when he points it at the narrator, the narrator notices the vein in his neck. Little Slaughter guarantees that the narrator will not hurt her, putting her head in the narrator’s mouth. She calls the narrator a “girl,” and Slaughter asks why, saying that he can see the narrator’s penis. Little Slaughter screams at her father and runs past him out of the room. In the doorway is Slaughter’s wife, Beth, who freezes when she sees the narrator. She tells Slaughter that it is the mountain lion from the park.

Slaughter backs out of the room, closing the door. Beth screams, saying that she cannot find the baby, and Slaughter runs toward her. The narrator realizes that it is time to leave. Little Slaughter rushes back into the room with a backpack, assuring the narrator that the baby is fine. She hid it in the laundry room to buy them time to leave. She has her car keys and runs to the sliding door behind the sofa. The narrator follows her out.

They drive away in the car. Little Slaughter begs the narrator to stay down in the back seat. When they run into traffic, Little Slaughter dumps out dried meat for the narrator. She pleads with the narrator to talk. She does not want to drive in silence to Santa Fe. She tries to go through the neighborhood to avoid traffic, but they make no progress. Her frustration grows.

She pets the narrator, and the narrator thinks of how much they love her, and is grateful for their time together. She keeps pleading with the narrator to stay down, but with so many people around, the narrator cannot help but look. They look out at people sitting at tables, and recognize the neck of the man with the whip. The narrator watches as the man uses his hands to eat, and thinks of how those same hands started the fire. The narrator looks around, and realizes that every person has hands, and thinks of the violence those hands can do. The narrator manages to open the car door.

On quiet nights in the cave, the narrator enjoyed the silence and emptiness of the park. The narrator imagined Los Angeles with no people, and of nature reclaiming the area. They would be able to return to their forest, and walk through the city with no danger. The narrator believes that there can be no “scare city” (scarcity”) if there is no one in the city

The narrator falls out of the car and charges toward the man with the whip. They pounce on the man, clawing at him and pinning him to the ground. The narrator sees the man’s bulging vein, and though they are not hungry, decide they must kill the man, and tear into his neck. The blood of the man rushes into the narrator’s stomach and the man with the whip dies.

Remembering Little Slaughter, the narrator turns and sees her standing outside the car, staring in horror. The narrator thinks of how this is Little Slaughter’s true introduction to them, and that this is what a goddess is. She gets back into the car and drives away. The narrator feels no regret, believing they would just slow Little Slaughter down on her journey.

Soon the narrator is surrounded by people and cars, and can hear a helicopter in the distance. The narrator looks at the dead man, and only regrets that they cannot finish eating all of him. The narrator looks at the police surrounding them, and sees the threat in their eyes that they expect them to see in their own eyes. Thinking that they may know why the narrator killed the man, they retract their claws and try to become like a kitten. They even try to speak to them, but the people do not like what they hear.