Gucci

A small white Maltese, barking herself hoarse on the couch of the third-floor what-if apartment where Imani's family stands around a relative in mid-seizure. Every human in the room has stitched, crossed-out eyes. The dog does not, and nobody can account for it. The simulated Imani scoops her up, backs into a bedroom and slams the door before the shells rupture, and the real Imani — watching from a racing vehicle small enough to be crushed by a dropped phone — wants to know what that means for her dog. The question is still open when the heat ends.

Book 8 appearances

• Chapter 75 — Barking at the chaos from the couch in apartment 310 and then carried into a back bedroom by the simulated Imani, the only occupant of the room whose eyes are not sewn shut and crossed out.
• Chapter 76 — Still audible through the door as the bugs come out of the walls, and the thing Imani asks about twice over party chat while the swarm is still chasing them.

Related entries

• Imani C (Character)
• Human Shell (Creature)

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