Chapter 21: Why do you make those pictures?

Kelly struggles to find solid ground in the aftermath of Marabelle's kidnapping.

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Chapter 20: Transformer

Nine-year-old Marabelle is still trapped in a hotel room with one of Daedalia's obsessed fans.

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Chapter 19: The Open Gate

A visitor walks through the open gates of the ranch on a Sunday afternoon and casts a dark shadow over nine-year-old Marabelle.

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Chapter 18: Remember the Chickens

Marabelle interviews Lefty a year after Kelly's death as part of her research for the book she's writing about their life.

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Chapter 17: The Overwhelming Roar of Silence

Kelly travels to New York City and has an episode that inspires her most controversial and career-defining series.

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Chapter 16: Marabelle

The narrator of our story reveals her identity.

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Chapter 15: The Centaur and the Griffin

Kelly and Lefty's relationship takes a significant turn.

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Chapter 14: The Clockmaker

Kelly talks in an interview near the end of her life and reflects on what she did during her walkabout early on in her career.

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Chapter 13: Eye of the Beholder

Kelly burns out and leaves Lefty to figure out how to stage Daedalia's New York debut with a series that has a dramatic personal impact on everyone who views it.

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Chapter 12: A Place of My Own

Daedalia makes her debut and Kelly has her first taste of success as a real artist, albeit, a one hidden from public view.

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Chapter 11: A Private Showing

An art critic receives a cryptic invitation to a private exhibition showcasing an unknown artist.

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Chapter 10: Disappearing into the Role

Lefty shares his mythology of Daedalia and Kelly has concerns.

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Chapter 9: Lessons from a Provocateur

Lefty immerses himself in the L.A. art scene, determined to find a gallery to show Daedalia's work. He meets a woman he think might help.

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Chapter 8: What's in a Name

Lefty and Kelly go to another art festival and a life-changing decision is made.

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Chapter 7: Masking

An interview with Kelly at her home six months prior to her death in 2033.

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Chapter 6: The Pinch Hitter

At another art festival where Kelly and Lefty are trying to sell her work, Kelly disappears, leaving Lefty to figure things out on his own.

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Chapter 5: Voices in Other Rooms

1987 journal entries from Kelly when she was just 16 and struggling to escape her abusive home life.

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Chapter 4: We Need to Talk

Months of sleeping on Lefty's couch forces a confrontation with Kelly. The result is a shift in their relationship and the first step in a new venture.

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Chapter 3: An Arrangement, with a Couch

Kelly, with no better options, finds a safe place to stay with Lefty in his one bedroom apartment in Echo Park. Her art begins to evolve.

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Chapter 2: Cosplay

After five years, Lefty and Kelly meet again by accident at Comic-Con in San Diego while she's there attempting to sell her first illustrated zine.

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Chapter 1: Not So Meet Cute

The story begins in 1987. Lefty and Kelly meet on a movie set in their small mountain town.

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