The Things She's Seen

Speaking in verse, Catching explains that although people can usually remember the past or imagine the future, she felt trapped in the present when she was being held in the underground room. Paralyzed by the drugs that her captors gave her, she was helpless to resist when the Fetchers carried her to the Feed again. This time, there was something different about the Feed, but she did not know what it was. Her mind shut down because of the pain.

Later, in the room with Crow again, she saw that her whole arm and hand had turned gray. She and Crow recited the names of her matrilineal ancestors, and this time, Crow added her own list of the important people in her life. Crow ended the recitation by stating, “Me. You. Us” (149). The Fetchers surprised Catching by coming again just hours later. This time, she realized what was different about the Feed. His eyes were not mirrors but were instead “chips of brown stone” (150). Now she knew that there were two Feeds, not just one.

Catching does not know how long she was held in the underground room. One day, she woke to find Crow crying over her.