We Love You, Bunny

Aerius’s narrative breaks off, and the narrative returns to the voice of the four Bunnies, now speaking collectively. They explain that while it is important to them to give Sam access to Aerius’s version of events, they feel that he is misrepresenting them, and they now want to relay events from their own perspective.

The narrative returns to extended flashbacks. After Aerius escapes on Halloween night, the Bunnies are heartbroken and also worried about his compulsion to murder Allan. However, the next day, with no way to reclaim Aerius, they decide to take another rabbit back to the attic and try to turn it into a man.

They are able to do so successfully, and over the month of November, the Bunnies repeatedly turn rabbits into handsome men. These new creations (which they refer to as “hybrids”) are much more pleasant and agreeable than Aerius: They frequently pay compliments to the Bunnies and never express dissatisfaction with their lives. However, the Bunnies do not feel the same about these hybrids as they did about Aerius, and they are also disappointed and frustrated that these new creations are not able to have sex with them.