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The Doctor’s Office

           "Edmondspaused,fiddlingwithapen."HewentintoatrancewhileIwaswithhim.Atmyrequest.Exactlyasyoudescribedhiminthebathroomlastnight.Allhismuscleswentlax,hisbodyslumped,hiseyeballsrotatedoutward.Textbookautohypnosis.Iwasamazed.Istillam."

           TheTorrancessatforward."Whathappened?"Wendyaskedtensely,andEdmondscarefullyrelatedDanny’strance,themutteredphrasefromwhichEdmondshadonlybeenabletoplucktheword"monsters,"the"dark,"the"pounding."Theaftermathoftears,near-hysteria,andnervousstomach.

           "Tonyagain,"Jacksaid.

           "Whatdoesitmean?"Wendyasked."Haveyouanyidea?"

           "Afew.Youmightnotlikethem."

           "Goaheadanyway,"Jacktoldhim.

           "FromwhatDannytoldme,his`invisiblefriend’wastrulyafrienduntilyoufolksmovedoutherefromNewEngland.Tonyhasonlybecomeathreateningfiguresincethatmove.Thepleasantinterludeshavebecomenightmarish,evenmorefrighteningtoyoursonbecausehecan’trememberexactlywhatthenightmaresareabout.That’scommonenough.Weallrememberourpleasantdreamsmoreclearlythanthescaryones.Thereseemstobeabuffersomewherebetweentheconsciousandthesubconscious,andonehellofabluenoselivesinthere.Thiscensoronlyletsthroughasmallamount,andoftenwhatdoescomethroughisonlysymbolic.

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