A calm, intelligent woman who appears during Chapter Eight. Ever since being bitten by a dog as a child, Thalia has borne a brutal facial injury, one that makes the people in her life uncomfortable around her, at least initially. When her mother, , brings her to live with and , Thalia develops a close friendship with Markos that stays strong for the rest of her life. Thalia is instrumental in encouraging Markos to become a photographer, and later a plastic surgeon. While Markos frequently offers Thalia free plastic surgery, which could remove her injury for good, Thalia always refuses any such procedure: she’s proud of her body and her life.