Meta didn't know what was true and what wasn't, what was real and what wasn't. Dr. Shurilar said that pillows couldn't talk, but she heard them speaking to her even as she sat on his couch. What was she to make of that? He said that her mother loved her, but she left her and left her again. What was she to make of that? He said her father was a good man, but he didn't want to take care of his four year old. What was she to make of that?

He said that she was a good person, but she had been told differently so many times.