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Jenna visits her father, Thomas Metcalf, at a mental health institution with purple walls, accompanied by Serenity and Virgil. Upon arrival, they encounter an unfamiliar nurse and hear Thomas shouting in distress. Jenna rushes to his room, where he is being restrained by orderlies for aggressively protecting an empty cereal box he believes contains vital research. Jenna calms him by validating his delusion, and the orderlies release him once he complies. The chaotic scene reveals Thomas’s unstable mental…
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The chapter "Serenity" explores the narrator's complex relationship with her psychic abilities and the profound grief following her mother's death. Despite achieving fame and success as a psychic, the narrator couldn't foresee her mother's terminal illness. She describes showering her mother with luxuries—a Malibu bungalow, celebrity encounters, and extravagant gifts—yet these couldn't shield her from the pain of watching her mother wither away. The loss left her emotionally shattered, forcing her to…
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The chapter opens with the death of Mmaabo, a matriarch elephant, observed by the researcher Alice. Mmaabo's herd, particularly her daughter Onalenna, attempts to revive her, displaying behaviors that suggest grief, such as prodding her body and vocalizing distress. Another unrelated elephant, Sethunya, arrives and performs a solemn, swaying ritual over Mmaabo’s body, further hinting at cross-herd mourning. Alice meticulously documents these interactions, noting the elephants' unique identifiers and…
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The chapter explores the profound empathy exhibited by elephants, drawing parallels to human behavior through anecdotes and scientific observations. It begins with an African proverb emphasizing collective strength, which sets the stage for discussing elephant social dynamics. Researchers in Amboseli documented elephants displaying empathy by comforting distressed herd members, protecting calves, and assisting injured individuals. These behaviors suggest a sophisticated emotional intelligence, challenging…
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The chapter opens with Jenna recalling a vivid memory of her parents, sparked by a fragment of conversation preserved in her mother’s journal. The scene unfolds with her parents playfully debating the existence of monogamy in the animal kingdom, her mother—a scientist—dismissing each example her father provides as circumstantial or chemically driven. Their banter, filled with humor and affection, culminates in a tender moment where her father compares their love to the anglerfish’s extreme…
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The chapter introduces Virgil, a private investigator haunted by an unsolved case involving Alice Metcalf, who disappeared a decade ago. Virgil reflects on how every cop has a case that lingers—a failure that becomes a personal ghost. For his former colleague Donny Boylan, it was the murder of a pregnant woman he failed to protect; for Virgil, it's Alice's unexplained vanishing. Plagued by guilt and alcoholism, Virgil often hallucinates Alice in his shabby office, where he drowns his regrets in whiskey.…
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The chapter explores the mechanics of memory through an analogy comparing the brain to a central office, where the hippocampus acts as an administrative assistant filing daily experiences. Memories are organized thematically for easier retrieval, such as grouping conflicts with a spouse or festive events. However, memory lapses occur when experiences aren't properly encoded or are misfiled—like failing to notice a crying woman at a baseball game because attention was elsewhere or due to incorrect…
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The chapter explores the complex emotional responses of elephants when encountering the remains of their own species, particularly focusing on whether they can distinguish between bones of familiar individuals versus strangers. Observations of elephants in the wild have shown clear signs of grief—silence, physical drooping, and gentle touching—when they come across elephant bones. However, scientific experiments conducted in Amboseli, Kenya, aimed to test this further by presenting elephants with…
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In Chapter 5 of *Leaving Time*, Jenna confronts Serenity, a psychic, about a dream involving her missing mother. Jenna clings to the hope that her mother is alive, despite Serenity's vague and metaphorical descriptions. The dream features a woman with a blue scarf and an elephant, details Jenna latches onto as proof. Serenity cautions that psychic visions are often symbolic, recounting a past case where "China" and "rose" symbolized inherited china rather than literal locations. Jenna, however, remains…
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The chapter explores the profound understanding of death among elephants, highlighting their unique grieving rituals. Unlike humans, elephants do not conceptualize afterlife but experience grief purely as loss. They show no interest in the bones of other species but exhibit reverence toward deceased elephants, even long after death. When encountering elephant remains, they approach cautiously, touching and smelling the bones with their trunks and feet, sometimes carrying them or rocking gently over…
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