Hannibal tv series All quotes

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I shoot Mr. Marlow twice, severing jugulars and carotids with near-surgicalprecision. He will die watching me take what is his away from him. This is mydesign. I shoot Mrs. Marlow expertly through the neck. This is not a fatal wound.

The ullet misses every artery. !he is paraly"ed efore it leaves her ody. #hichdoesn$t mean she can$t feel pain. It just means she can$t do anything aout it.

This was recorded as a false alarm. There was a false alarm last... week. Hetapped their phon He recorded Mrs. Marlow$s conversation with the securitycompany. This is %%& !ecurity. #ho am I speaking with' Theresa Marlow.

which, if we follow through on our metaphor, - is your golden ticket. - !o, is hewarming up for his golden ticket, or just reliving whatever it is he did to her' Thegolden ticket wouldn$t e the (rst taken, and she wouldn$t e the last. He would,um, hide how special she was. I mean, I would. #ouldn$t you'

)lana, I wouldn$t put him out there if I didn$t think I could cover him. )ll right, if Ididn$t think I could cover him *+. I wouldn$t put him out there. He$s out there.nIneed him out there. !hould he get too close, I need you to make sure he$s

notnout there alone.

Thank you. - I hate eing this neurotic. - If you weren$t neurotic, ranklyn, youwould e something much worse. ur rain is designed to experience anxiety inshort ursts, not the prolonged duress yours has seemed to enjoy That$s why youfeel as though a lion were on the verge of devouring you. - ranklyn. - /es. /ouhave to convince yourself the lion is not in the room. #hen it is, I assure you, youwill know. 0ack 1rawford, 2I. May I come in' /ou may wait in the waiting room.ranklyn, I$ll see you next week. - /es. - 3nless, of course, this is aout him. !o,may I ask how this is all aout me' /ou can ask, ut I may have to ask you a few4uestions (rst. I learned as much from her as she did from me. 5ery interesting.

6ven for a layman. - ) layman' - /eah. !o many learned fellows going aout inthe halls of 2ehavioral !cience at the 2I, and you consider yourself a layman Ido when I$m in your company, doctor.

7ot fond of eye contact, are you' 6yes are distracting... you see too much, youdon$t see enough. )nd-)nd it$s hard to focus when you$re thinking, um, 8h,those whites are really white8, or, 8He must have hepatitis8, or, 8h, is that aurst 8vein'8 !o, yeah, I try to avoid eyes whenever possile. I imagine what yousee and learn touches everything else in your mind. /our values and decency arepresent yet shocked at your associations, appalled at your dreams. 7o forts in theone arena of your skull for things you love. #hose pro(le are you working on'#hose pro(le is he working on' I$m sorry, #ill. serving is what we do. I can$tshut mine o9 any more than you can shut yours o9. :lease, don$t psychoanaly"eme. /ou won$t like me when I$m psychoanaly"ed. - 7ow, if you$ll excuse me, Ihave to go give a lecture on psychoanaly"ing.

#hat aout the copycat' /ou know, an intelligent psychopath, particularly asadist, is very hard to catch. There$s no traceale motive, there$ll e no patterns.He may never kill this way again.

I would apologi"e for my analytical amush, ut I know I will soon e apologi"ingagain and you$ll tire of that eventually, so I have to consider using apologiessparingly. 0ust keep it professional. ;od forid we ecome friendly. I don$t (nd

you that interesting. /ou will. )gent 1rawford tells me you have a knack for themonsters. in the (eld. The devil is in the details. #hat didn$t your copycat do to


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the girl in the (eld' #hat gave it away' 6verything. It$s like he had to show me anegative so that I could see the positive. It... ++


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rave. - They are good oys. - /eah. - /ou$re a local police detective' - /es ma$am.#ould it e an imposition to ask a few things' The oys are gonna have4uestions and I just want to e as honest with them as.. - f course. - 1an you,uh, tell me what that man is doing over there y himself' - I think your family$sleaving. - #e drove separately.

!ince that$s why I$m here, I was wondering... )re you reddie Founds' This isunethical, even for a taloid journalist. I$m afraid I must ask for your ag. #hat'

/our ag. :lease hand it over. I$d rather not take it from you. ur conversation'/ours and mine' 7o other conversation' /ou were very persistent aout yourappointment time. How did you know when #ill ;raham would e here' I mayhave also recorded your session with #ill ;raham. /ou didn$t answer the4uestion. How did you know' 1ome. !it y me. %elete the conversations yourecorded. %octor-patient con(dentiality works oth ways. %elete it, please. /ou$veeen terrily rude, Miss Founds. #hat$s to e done aout that'

I did wind up marrying my mother. /our mother didn$t cook'Fovely. !o, why do

you think #ill ;raham - came ack to see you' - I$m sure ++=


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engine is a machine, a predictale prolem, easy to solve. /ou fail, there$s apaddle. #here was your paddle with Hos' - /ou$re supposed to e my paddle. -I am. It wasn$t the act of killing Hos that got you down, was it' %id you reallyfeel so ad ecause killing him felt so good' I liked killing Hos. illing must feelgood to ;od too... he does it all the time. )nd are we not created in his image'

That depends who you ask. ;od$s terri(c. He dropped a church roof on =A of hisworshippers last #ednesday night in Texas, while they sang a hymn. )nd did ;odfeel good aout that' He felt powerful.

Morning. - %idn$t hear you drive up. - Hyrid.- ;reat car for stalking. I$mcompelled to go cover myself. - I have rothers. - #ell, I$ll put a roe on just thesame. /ou want a cup of co9ee' )nd more immediately, why are you here' /es,and )igail Hos woke up. #ell, you know how to ury the lead. /ou want me toget you a cup of co9ee' 7o. I want to get my coat. Fet$s have a cup of co9ee.

I don$t want to get in the middle of you and 0ack, ut if I can e helpful to you asa u9er... I... I like you as a u9er. I also like the fact that you rattle 0ack. He

respects you far too much to yell at you, no matter how much he wants to. )nd Itake advantage of that. )igail Hos doesn$t have anyone. /ou can$t e hereveryone. #hen I said what I was going to say in my head, it sounded reallyinsulting, so I$m going to (nd !ay it the insulting way. %ogs keep a promise aperson can$t. I$m not collecting another stray.

- /our music' - If there isn$t anything you like, I$ve got a stack of iTunes gift cards.I... I$ve got a stack of gift cards. I don$t... do well redeeming gift cards. :roalysays something aout you. :roaly does.

#e have to create a safe place for her (rst or you won$t get any answers. Irespect your sympathy for her, %r. 2loom. I hope one day you$ll appreciate mylack of it. /ou really think )igail Hos helped her father kill those girls' I thinkit$s a possiility that needs to e ruled out. If )igail didn$t help her father, mayeshe knows who did. I would suggest you can e practical without eing amurderer. I think she$s hiding something. It may simply e her traum /eah, itcould also e more !he has a penchant for manipulation. #ithheld information togain information. !he demonstrated only enough emotion - to prove she hadthem. - /ou eginning to appreciate my lack of sympathy'

This copycat is... an avid reader of reddie Founds and tattlecrime.1om He hadintimate knowledge of ;arrett 0aco Hos$s murders, motives, patterns...enough to recreate them and, argualy, elevate them to art. How intimately did

he know ;arrett 0aco Hos' %id he appreciate him from afar or did he engagehim' %id he ingratiate himself into Hos$s life' %id Hos know his copycat ashe was known' he received an untraceale call. I elieve the as-yet unidenti(edcaller was our copycat killer.

I want to tell the truth. /our truth. !ometimes that involves some deception, utknow this< I will never lie to you. !ounds like something a liar would say. If you tellme what you know, I can help you (ll in the lanks. How aout you tell me whatyou know. He was very sick. %oes that mean I$m sick too' /ou$ll e (ghting thatperception. :erception is the most important thing - in your life right now. - I don$tcare what anyody thinks. /ou$d etter start caring, )igail. #hat you rememer,

what you tell everyone is going to de(ne the rest of your life. Fet me help you.


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There was plenty wrong with your father, )igail, ut there$s nothing wrong withyou. /ou say he was loving. I elieve it. That$s what you rought out in him. It$snot all I rought out in him. I$m worried aout nightmares. #e$ll help you with thenightmares. There$s no such thing as getting used to what you experienced. Itothers me a lot. I worry aout nightmares too. !o killing someody, even if you

have to do it, it feels that ad' It$s the ugliest thing in the world. /ou help )igailsee me as more than her father$s killer and I help you with online ad sales' I canundo what I said. I can also make it a lot worse. Miss Founds... It$s not very smartto piss o9 a guy who thinks aout killing people for a living. /ou know what elseisn$t very smart' /ou were there with him. )nd you let those words come out ofhis mouth. I trust #ill to speak for himself. 6vidently you shouldn$t. 2ut there is ascenario where revisiting the trauma event could help )igail heal and actuallyprevent denial. Then we have a di9erence of opinion. Therefore, I am going tochoose the opinion that est serves my agenda.

#ell, do you think that )igail Hos knew 7icholas or 1assie 2oyle' /ou don$tthink she knew them... or don$t wanna think that she knew them' !he said shedidn$t know them. %r. 2loom says that )igail has a penchant for, uh,manipulation. Is she manipulating you, #ill' )gent 1rawford. Fook, he said hewas wrong aout the copycat killer. I want to know what else he$s wrong aout.

)igail' !he$ll e all right. )igail' !how me what happened. He was gonna killme. This isn$t self-defense, )igail. /ou utchered him. I didn$t... They will seewhat you did and they$ll see you as an accessory to the crimes of your father. Iwasn$t. I can help you, if you ask me to. )t great risk to my career and my life.

/ou have a choice. /ou can tell them you were defending yourself when yougutted this man... r we can hide the ody. 7o I don$t rememer anything. Mayea lur out of the corner of my eye and... and then a ig fat cut to lack. #ell,

7icholas 2oyle attacked )igail, you. !truck %r. Fecter in the ack of the head. -#ell, where$s )igail' - Fecter took her ack to the hotel. !he scratched 7icholas2oyle on his way out the ack door. The lood on her hands matches the tissuethat we pulled from Marissa !churr$s mouth. )nd then what, he... he got away'#e$ll catch him one way or another. Cpreviously a rock hit his head, Fecter hid it,and took it later, killed the girl, placesd his tissue in her mouth, anticipated orcreated his appearance, )igail killed him, the psychiatric lady went it, Fectersmashed her head on the wall, and made )igal an apprenticeE

Hello, )igail. - How did you know it was me' - Hospital called. /ou climed overthe wall. #here else were you to go' Home$s no longer an option. 1ome down

from there. I don$t want to go to sleep. /ou can$t anticipate your dreams. 1an$tlock them, can$t repress. I didn$t honor any part of him so it$s just murder, isn$tit' Most would argue self-defense. Then why not tell the truth' Most would argue.

There would still e those who would say you were taking after your father. /ou$reglad I killed him. #hat would e the alternative' - That he killed you' - I don$tknow if he was going to. 7o, you don$t. /ou$re the one who called the house. /outalked to my dad efore... what did you say to him' ) simple conversation,ascertaining if he was home for an interview. Then why not tell the truth' I thinkyou called the house as a serial killer. 0ust like my dad. I$m nothing like your dad. Imade a mistake. !omething easily misconstrued. 7ot unlike yourself. I$ll keepyour secret. )nd I$ll keep yours. 7o more climing walls, )igail.


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!orry. 1an$t really talk aout this in group. /ou don$t have that luxury )igail. Ijust have to get used to lying. /ou only have to lie aout one thing. )nd whenyou$re with me you don$t have to lie aout anything. In the dream I wonder how Icould live with myself. nowing what I did. )nd when you$re awake' #hen I$mawake I know I can live with myself. )nd I$ll just get used to what I did. - %oes that

make me a sociopath' - 7o. It makes you a survivor.- /ou want me to do drugs' - I want you to do this drug. #ith my supervision it$s4uite safe. %o you trust me' Cdrops the teaE %octor 2loom said this was ok. 7otat all, we often have a di9erence of opinion. - More secrets for us. - #ell. Infusing:silosyin into the loodstream efore psychotherapy can illicit a positive evenspiritual experience for patients. :sychological trauma is an aNiction of thepowerless. I want to give you your power ack. I don$t feel so good. That feelingwill pass. )llow it to wash over you, through you. Fet me e your guide.

)nd )lana... you were right. ften am. /ou have to e more speci(c.

/ou have a history of sleepwalking, Mr. ;raham' I$m not even sure if I$m awakenow.

)lthough I may e, is it safe to assume you$re not sleepwalking now' I$m sorry it$sso early. 7ever apologi"e for coming to me. Oce hours are for patients. Mykitchen is always open to friends.

!leepwalkers demonstrate a diOculty handling aggression. )re you experiencing/ou said 0ack sees me as (ne china used for special guests. I$m eginning to feelmore like an old mug. /ou entered into a devil$s argain with 0ack 1rawford. Ittakes a toll. 0ack isn$t the devil. #hen it comes to how far he$s willing to push youto get what he wants, he$s certainly no !aint.

I have no taste for animal cruelty, which is why I employ an ethical utcher. )nethical utcher' 2e kind to animals and then eat them' I$m afraid I insist on it. 7oneed for unnecessary su9ering. Human emotions are a gift from our animalancestors. 1ruelty is a gift humanity has given itself. The gift that keeps ongiving.

/ou$re satis(ed, then' 6nough to keep seeing him. /our intention is not to tell0ack. I don$t see what good it would do. 0ack sees the world at its worst. %on$tneed him seeing me at mine. He already has too much to worry aout. He hasroom for one more worry. I feel like you$re protecting him. I am. I$ve had dinner

/ou have a professional relationship with my husand. There$s no conDict of

interest, me eing here' It$s unorthodox, ;iven the nature of your prolem,seeing someone who knows 0ack removes some of the guesswork.

!o, do you wait until you think I$m asleep efore you come to ed' It$s notintentional. I$m working late. 7othing personal. !o can we have a conversation, ordo you want to pretend that everything$s alright' 6verything is alright. !o noconversation. I$m a it overwhelmed at the moment. I$ve got some things I haveto sort through. It$s, uh, outside your jurisdiction, 0ack. /ou know something.. I$mvery good at sorting things out, and at the very least I can underwhelm you whileyou$re eing overwhelmed. /ou$ve never een ale to underwhelm me. Is thereanything I can o9er you romantically or physically or spiritually that$ll help' 7ope.

!o as your husand, what I can do for you is, um, leave you alone and not askyou any 4uestions. /ou can ask me anything you want to. I won$t insult you y


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asking if there$s someone else. Thank you. /ou$ll sort out whatever it is you haveto sort out, we$ll get ack to eing us. I love you, 2ella.

- I don$t know. )sk him. - I$m asking you. /ou$re the head of the ehavioralscience unit, 0ack. #hy don$t you come up with your own answers if you don$t likemine' I did not hear thatK %id I' 3m... 7o, you didn$t. I$m sorry.

I$ve never heard anyody talk to 0ack the way you talked to 0ack. - I was out ofline. - /ou were out of your mind. My ears rang like the (rst time I heard my momuse the f-word. I know it$s a stupid 4uestion considering that none of us couldpossily e ok doing what we do, ut... are you ok' %o I seem di9erent /ou$re alittle di9erent, ut you$ve always een a little di9erent. 2rilliant strategy... thatway no one ever knows if something$s up with you. How would I know ifsomething was up with you' /ou wouldn$t. 2ut I would tell you if you asked me.Leturn the favor'

2ut you hold 0ack accountale for his inaility to cure cancer. !hould I have said

his inaility to save you' #ould that e more accurate' I am slowly shrinking,while this tiny thing grows larger every day. )nd yet I feel (ne. /ou will feel (ne...up until the precise moment you don$t. It$s a... really very dull story, though, isn$tit' The ending is always the same, and that same is that it ends. !o, youwithdraw from your relationship with your husand, the man who strolled alongthe 4uays of Fivorno, Italy, and called you 2ella.

He hopes to feel his way cautiously inside and then (nd it$s endless, all aroundhim. He$s gonna e disappointed. /ou accept the impossiility of such a feeling,whereas the angel maker is still chasing it. If he got close to it, that$s why he willlook for it again. I$ve tried to reconstruct this thinking, (nd his patterns. Insteadyou (nd yourself in a ehavior pattern you can$t reak. /ou reali"e you have achoice. #hat is it' )ngel Maker will e destroyed y what$s happening inside hisheadP /ou don$t have to e. %id you just smell me' %iOcult to avoid. I really mustintroduce you to a (ner aftershave. That smells like something with a ship on theottle. #ell, I keep getting it for 1hristmas.

/ou wanna go ack to your lecture hall' Lead aout this stu9 on tattlecrime.com'7o, I don$t. 2ut that may e what I have to do. This is ad for me. I$m not yourfather, will. I$m not gonna tell you what you ought to do. !eems like that$s exactlywhat you$re gonna do. /ou go ack to your classroom. #hen there$s killing goingon that you could$ve prevented, it will sour your classroom forever. Maye. )ndthen maye I$ll (nd a jo as a diesel mechanic in a oatyard. /ou wanna 4uit'

Quit.

I don$t think I want to do chemotherapy. #ell, do I have any say - in this' - 7o. 7o,you don$t. %o you want to e alone' I don$t want you to answer that. 0ust thinkaout your answer. I want you to know that I don$t want you to e alone, not nowand not ever. #e$ll eat this together' 7o, it$s your (ght, ay, ut I$m in yourcorner. I$m not going anywhere.

#hat do you want, will I$m gonna sit here until you$re ready to talk. /ou don$thave to say a word until you$re ready, ut... I$m not going anywhere until you do.

I always feel a little nervous going into these places. #hy$s that' - )fraid they

won$t let me out. - %on$t worry. I won$t leave you here. /eah, not today.


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/ou don$t think I have a right to know what$s happening with my wife' /ou haveevery right to know what$s happening, ut not from me. #ell, I$m not just gonnastand outside my marriage and watch this happen. If that$s what she wants, tooad. !he married the wrong guy for that. I$ll o9er one insight. !he doesn$t thinkshe married the wrong guy. I look at her side of the ed and I think, 8is she

gonna die there'8 I can$t stop thinking aout it, you understand' I can$t stop./ou$re dreading the loss of your wife. )nd I$m thinking aout other losses too.#hat other losses are you dreading' 0ack, you can$t save her !he won$t let you.

The cancer won$t let you. #ho else couldn$t you save'

- 7othing.

- Fook again. I did my agains. )nd my again and again and agains. I can$t (nd anyelectronic trace of any call made to your home at >


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It$s een too long since you$ve properly cooked for us, Hannial. 1ome over and Iwill cook for you. I said properly. Means dinner and the show. Have you seen himcook' It$s an entire performance. He used to throw such ex4uisite dinner parties.

/ou heard me. 3sed to. )nd I will again, once inspiration strikes. I cannot force afeast. ) feast must present itself. It$s a dinner party, - not a unicorn. - h, ut the

feast is life. /ou put the life in your elly and you live. I elieve this young man istrying to get your attention. How do you two know each other' There shouldremain some mystery to my life outside the opera. - %id you enjoy theperformance' - I did. I loved it. 6very minute. His eyes kept wandering. Moreinterested in you than what was happening on stage. h, don$t say too much. /oumust leave something for us to discuss next week. ranklyn, good to see you. -

/ou too. - Toias. #ho$s hungry'

#e got >> signature components all attriutale - to the same killer. - Twenty twopossile - signature components. - It$s the Lipper. - )re you sure' - More or less.

The Lipper left his last victim in a church pew using his tongue as a page markerin the 2ile he was holding. This isn$t that. This is a medical student or a traineeor someone trying to make an extra uck in a ack-alley surgery, and it went ad

I$m honest. 7ot perfectly. )s honest as anyone. 7ot really. I have conversationswith a version of youand hope that the actual you gets what he needs. ) versionof me' 7aturally, I respect its meticulous construction, ut you are wearing avery well-tailored 8person suit8. %o you refer to me as 8person suit8 ) patient whowears a person suit. Maye it$s less of a person suit and more of a human veil.

That must e lonely. I have friends. )nd the opportunities for friends. /ou and Iare friendly. /ou are my patient and my colleague, not my friend. )t the end ofyour hour, you will e drinking it on the other side of the veil. #hy do youother' I see enough of you to see the truth of you. )nd I like you. Led or white'

- 1rawford$s trainee. - /eah. 5ery sad. /ou had me examining :h% candidates thatweek. )nd I$m grateful you were examining :h% students and not the Lipper. /oureali"e those candidates thought we were having an a9air. #hy didn$t we' /ouwere already having an a9air. #hat' Have a9airs' lirtatiously change thesuject. /ou have that pathology in common. r we just have you in common. Irecall even efore I met #ill, you never spoke aout him. :roaly ecause I justwant everyody to leave him alone.

2efore we egin, you must all e warned< nothing here... is vegetarian. 2onapptit.

If I do, do I have to report it' %o you have a reason not to' #hat if I$m wrong'#hat if you$re right' I$m always wrong. I don$t know. #hy would he saysomething like that to me' #hy do you think' $1ause he knows I$d tell you.

- 7ice to see you again. - Is it Toias' /our strings are all gut. I prefer gut. Harpsstrung with gut still make music after >,+++ years. I didn$t - hear you ring the ell.- I didn$t want you to stop playing. - #as it an original composition' - !omethingI$ve een writing. - /ou compose' - I discover 1an$t impose traditionalcomposition on an instrument that$s inherently free form. #hat instrument wouldthat e' The Theremin. It can generate any pitch throughout its range... 6venthose etween conventional notes. )nd so can a violin, or a tromone. It seems

we are oth comfortale playing etween conventional notes. I hear thesymphony$s looking for a new tromonist. )ltogether horrile what happened.


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7ot altogether It$s an unfortunate way to leave the symphony, yes, ut I can$thelp thinking the orchestra will e etter -for it. - )t least the rass section. #hatrings you here looking for gut' My harpsichord needs new strings. It$s making anawful noise. :erhaps you could help.

More wine' ) late harvest 5idal from Finden. h, 5irginia. I thought it was rench.The 5irginia wine revolution is upon us. I apologi"e for eing so lunt, Toias, utI have to ask. %id you kill that tromonist' %o you really have to ask 7o. 0ustchanging the suject. ranklyn gave you my message. The murder is einginvestigated y the 2I. They$re going to (nd you. Fet them. /ou want to getcaught I want them to try. They may investigate me ecause I own a string shop.

They$ll send men to investigate, and I$ll kill them. Then I$ll (nd ranklyn and killhim. Then I would disappear. - %on$t kill ranklyn. - I$ve een looking forward to it.)ctually... - I was going to kill you. - f course you were. I$m lean. Fean animalsyield the toughest gut. #hat stopped you from wanting to kill me' r have youstopped' I stopped after I followed you one night. ut of town. To a lonely road.

To a us yard. /ou$re reckless, Toias. I$m not going to tell anyone what I saw youdo and do well. !o my recklessness doesn$t concern you. It concerns me ecauseyou won$t e drawing attention just to yourself. I could use a friend. !omeonewho can understand me. #ho thinks like I do and can see the world and thepeople in it the way I do. I know exactly how you feel. 2ut I don$t want to e yourfriend. Then why did you invite me here for dinner' #asn$t just to restring yourharpsichord. I was going to kill you. I didn$t poison you, Toias. I wouldn$t do thatto the food. 6xpecting someone' 7o.

)n urgent call of some sort. He had to leave suddenly. This ene(ts you, ecauseI have dessert for two Tell me, what was )lana$s reaction !he said she wouldn$te good for me, and I wouldn$t e good for her. I don$t disagree. !he would feel

an oligation to her (eld of study to oserve you, and you would resent her for it- I know. - #ondering then why you kissed her, and felt compelled to drive anhour in the snow to tell me aout it. #ell, I wanted to kiss her since I met her.!he$s very kissale. /ou waited a long time, which suggests you were kissing herfor a reason, in addition to wanting to. I heard an animal trapped in my chimney.3m... 2roke through the wall to get it out. %idn$t (nd anything inside. )lanashowed up, she looked at me... I... maye her face changed. I don$t know. 2ut,um, she knew. #hat did she know, #ill' There was no animal in the chimney. Itwas only in my head. I sleepwalk. I am hearing things. I feel unstale. That$s whyyou kissed her. ) clutch for alance. /ou said yourself what you do is not good foryou. #ell, unfortunately, I am good for it.

I (nd it reassuring. It$s nice when someone sees us, Hannial. r has the aility tosee us. It re4uires trust. Trust is diOcult for you. /ou$ve helped me to etterunderstand what I want in a friendship, and what I don$t. !omeone worthy of yourfriendship. - /es. - /ou spend a lot of time uilding walls, Hannial. It$s natural towant to see if someone is clever enough to clim over them.

#ell, 0ack 1rawford gave you a chance to 4uit, and you didn$t take it. #hy' 3m...I save lives. - )nd that feels good. - ;enerally speaking, yeah. #hat aout yourlife' I$m your friend, #ill. I don$t care aout the lives you saveP I care aout yourlife, and your life is separating from reality. I$ve een sleepwalking. I$m

experiencing hallucinations. - Maye I should get a rain scan. - #ill. !top lookingin the wrong corner for an answer to this. /ou were at the crime scene when youdisassociated. Tell me aout it. It was a totem pole of odies In some cultures,


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crimes and guilt are made manifest so that everyone can see them and see theirshame. 7o, this isn$t shameP this is celeration. He$s marking his achievements.)nd faced with this killer$s achievements, your mind needed to escape, and youlost time. /es. I$m worried aout you, #ill. /ou empathi"e so completely with thekillers 0ack 1rawford has your mind wrapped around that you lose yourself to

them. #hat if you lose time and hurt yourself' r someone else' I don$t want youto wake up and see a totem of your own making.

/ou are important, )igail. 0ust ecause you killed my dad doesn$t mean you getto e him. )igail, we$ve een through a traumatic event, and no one moretraumati"ed than you, )igail, ut we went through it together. #hat you write,you write aout all of us. I don$t need your permission. )nd you don$t need ourapproval, ut I hope it would mean something. I know what people think I did.

They$re wrong. #hy can$t I tell everyody that they$re wrong' /ou have nothingto apologi"e for. /et. 2ut if you open this door, )igai you won$t control whatcomes through. )re you ready for that'

I want to go on record as saying that this is a very ad idea. Hannial' 0ack hasthe look of a man with no interest in any opinion ut his own. I want you tooserve on this, )lana. If you$re putting )igail in a room with the ody, I want toe there.

- /our father taught you. - 0ack, I won$t e party to this. Then you can leave./ou$re here y invitation, y courtesy, %r. 2loom. :lease don$t interrupt me again./ou think I did this' #here do you go when you escape from the hospital, )igail'sometimes just out. I go get away from... this, to e alone where I can... think...reathe. %id you ever meet with 7icholas 2oyle on one of your little getawaysfrom the hospital' )nd you know nothing aout his death' I know he tried to kill

me. )nd when he was trying to kill me, all I could think was that I was gonna diein that house after all. 2ut I didn$t. I survived. %r. 2loom and... %r. Fecter savedmy life. They saved me from him. )nd you haven$t seen him since' nly in mynightmares. - /ou elieve her' - I think )igail Hos is damaged. There issomething she$s using every ounce of that strength to keep uried, ut it$s notthe murder of 7icholas 2oyle, 0ackK - #hat makes you so sure' - 2ecause anyreservations I have aout )igail don$t extend to HannialK He has no reason tolie aout any of thisK

I can$t control what comes through it, ut this time I could control when. I$m notafraid of them (nding 7icholas 2oyle anymore He$s een found. /ou etrayed mytrust. /ou jeopardi"ed my life as well as your own. I deserve more than that. Ineed to trust you, )igail. #hat if I can$t'

I helped her dispose of the ody. 6vidently... not well enough. Have you told 0ack1rawford' 7o. #hy not' 2ecause I was hoping it wasn$t true. #ell... now youknow the truth. %o I' 6verything you know aout that night is true, except theend. 7icholas 2oyle attacked us. )igail$s only crime was to defend herself, - andI lied aout it. - #hy' /ou know why. 2ecause 0ack 1rawford would hang her forwhat her father$s done, and the world would urn )igail in his place. That woulde the story. That would e what reddie Founds writes. )igail is no more a killerthan you are for shooting her father, or I am for the death of Toias 2udge. - Itisn$t our place to decide. - If not ours, then whose' #ho knows )igail etter than

you and I' r the urden she ears' #e are her fathers now. #e have to serveher etter than ;arret 0aco Hos. If you go to 0ack, then you murder )igail$s


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future. %o I need to call my lawyer, #ill' #e can tell no one. #hat we are doinghere is the right thing. In time, this will e the only story any of us cares to tell.

Lesearch always delivers ene(ts. If it contradicts a good story, hell, pulish itanyway. )re you still angry I called you insane' The liel laws are clear, Mr.;raham. Insinuation is such a grey area Insane isn$t really lack or white, is it'#e$re all pathological in our own ways. /ou choose the version of the truth thatsuits you est and pursue it pathologically. 6veryody decides their own versionsof the truth. I$m here ecause I want to tell )igail$s version of the truth. !ee thatyou do.

#hat am I gonna do' He will keep our secret. - /ou don$t know that. - He will keepit ecause otherwise the one good thing in his life is tainted. )nd he will lie to

0ack 1rawford aout you just as he has lied to himself. /ou$re free, )igail. 7o onewill know what you did. )nd no one will know the truth you$re trying to avoid. Theone you cannot admit even to yourself.

I couldn$t say no to him. I knew... I knew it was them or me. I wondered when youwould tell me. I$m a monster. 7o. I know what monsters are. /ou$re a victim. )nd#ill and I... we$re going to protect you

/ou$re grieving, #ill. 7ot for the life you have taken, ut for the life that wastaken from you. If )igail could have started over, left the horror of her fatherehind, so could have you. /ou could untangle yourself from the madness and themurder. #e lied for her. #e oth know the unreality of taking a life. The peoplewho die when we have no other choice, we know in those moments they are notDesh, ut light, and air, and color. Isn$t that what it is to e alive' %o you feelalive, #ill' I... I feel like I$m fading.

!ymptoms egan slowly and gradually worsened. )nd yesterday, I asked him todraw a clock. This is what he drew. h. !patial neglect. Headaches,disorientation, hallucinations, altered consciousness. It$s all the telltale signs. Hm.It is so rare to e ale to study the psychological e9ect of this type of malady ona person$s mind. It$s more rare still to e ale to study the neurological e9ects. )doctor has to weigh the ultimate ene(t of scienti(c study. 6ven in these times,we know so little aout the rain. There are great discoveries to e made.

#ill is an innocent. /es. He is. I mean, #ill is genuine. He$ll survive anything Icould put him through. He will always (ght his way ack to himself. 7ot always.!o far. He saw a neurologist today. They found nothing wrong with him. He was

very upset y that. /ou$re saying he wanted something to e wrong' I think hewanted an answer that wasn$t mental illness. /ou hink he$s mentally ill. Theprolem #ill has is too many mirror neurons. ur heads are (lled with themwhen we are children... supposed to help us sociali"e and then melt away. 2ut#ill held on to his, which makes knowing who he is a challenge. #hen you takehim to a crime scene, 0ack, the very air has screams smeared on it. In thoseplaces, he doesn$t just reDectP He asors.

- %o you want me to 4uit' - 7o. 7o, you had an opportunity to 4uit. /ou didn$ttake it. #hy not' Fet me tell you what I think. I think that the work you do herehas created a sense of staility for you. !taility is good for you, #ill. !tailityre4uires strong foundations, 0ack. My moorings are uilt on sand. I$m not sand. Iam edrock. #hen you dout yourself, you don$t have to dout me too.


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2ut is the pig, once fattened and slaughtered and air-cured, really superior to anyother pig' r is it simply a matter of reputation preceding product' It$s irrelevant.If the meat-eater thinks it$s superior, then elief determines value. - ) case ofpsychology overriding neurology.

#ill has a remarkaly vivid imagination. 2eautiful. :ure empathy. 7othing hecan$t understand, and that terri(es him. Imagination is an interesting accelerantfor a fever. !o... how far does this go' %o you put out the (re, or do you let himurn' #ill is my friend. #e will put out the (re when it$s necessary. He has askedfor more tests. 7ow that we have con(rmed what it is, it$ll e easier to hide fromhim.

I$m more concerned aout #ill. I thought you$d e more concerned aout yourcolleague, %r. !utcli9e. I am grieving %r. !utcli9e, ut #ill is very much alive.He$s still desperate for an explanation that can make everything right again. I$m,uh, pretty desperate for some explanations myself. I really want to talk to thisyoung woman when she comes to. How much do you think she$ll rememer'

#ell, I sincerely hope, for her sake, she doesn$t rememer much.

!omeone who already douts their own identity can e more susceptile tomanipulation. %r. ;ideon is a psychopath. :sychopaths are narcissists. Theyrarely dout who they are. I tried to appealU to his narcissism. 2y convincing himhe was the 1hesapeake Lipper. If only I had een more curious aout thecommon mind. I have no interest in understanding sheepP only eating them. Itfeels like a last supper. /ou$re not the only psychiatrist accused y a patient ofmaking them kill. :oke around a psychopath$s mind, ound to get poked ack.#hat would you do in my position' %eny everything. I thought psychic drivingwould have een more e9ective in reaking down his personality. :sychic drivingfails ecause its methods are too ovious. /ou were trying too hard, rederick. Ifforce is used, the suject will only surrender temporarily. nce a patient isexposed to the method of manipulation, it ecomes much less e9ective. #hen%r. ;ideon egan - to suspect he was eing pushed... - He pushed ack. Thesuject mustn$t e aware of any inDuence.

/ou married' /ou married' /ou$re married. How long you married' That long'Legarding divorce... not that you$re getting oneP just I can see the clock in youreyes... #ord of advice< it$s easier just to kill $em. ill $em, kill everyone at thetale. Fess paperwork. #orked for me. I$m doing ok. /our wife is proaly

fantastic. My wife' Horrile. !o maye I$m not supposed to e in a relationship.There$s people like that. How do you keep those whites so clean' That$s... alwaysama"es me.

I suppose this is my fault too' /ou did dodge a ullet. ;ideon$s escape foregoes atrial and a very pulic humiliation for you. )nd now you are hosting a private one.7ext you$ll e accusing me - of arranging his escape. - If we$re tossing around thelame, %r. 2loom, you$re due your fair share. /ou planted the idea that I wasunethically manipulating ;ideo #ell, according to ;ideon, you were. - )fter youtold him I was. - /ou thought I was manipulating him' He was manipulating you. -

/ou were pushing him. - He gave me informed consent to treat him, said that he

was grateful for my help - in understanding who he is. - #hat did you help him --understand' He was not insane. when he killed his wifeP killing her drove him


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insane. I did not convince him that he was a serial killerP I just reminded him ofthe fact.

/ou might e working out the emergency exits, or at least considering them. Fetme just tell you there are three. They$re all terrily locked down. 7ow, thisrelationship etween you and me, this can do us oth some good. I could write aig story on you, anything you want to say. )ren$t you the 1hesapeake Lipper'Miss Founds, I might e slightly fu""y in this area, ut there$s no need topatroni"e me. I$m sorry. It$s like rememering something from your childhood,and you$re not sure if it$s your memory or a friend$s memory, and then youreali"e sadly it$s just some photo in an old ook. /ou$re waiting for the1hesapeake Lipper to come ack here. Fet$s hope he gets the invitation. There$sone thing we know aout your writing< he is an avid fan.

#hat$s di9erent aout 1arson' #hy amputate his arm' %id reddie writeanything aout this' 7ot that I know of, no. )el ;ideon didn$t kill this manP the1hesapeake Lipper did. /ou said the 1hesapeake Lipper would want to kill

;ideon for taking credit for his work. ;ideon isn$t alone anymore, and the Lipperisn$t going to risk exposure, so, no, he$s... he$s, um... He$s telling us where tocatch him. )ctually, he$s telling you. Me' #here$s the last place you saw asevered arm, 0ack'

He$s had a mild sei"ure. That doesn$t seem to other you. I said it was mild. )reyou the man who claimed to e the 1hesapeake Lipper' #hy do you say8claimed8' 2ecause you$re not. /ou know you$re not, and you don$t know muchmore aout who you are eyond that. )re you the Lipper' ) terrile thing... tohave your identity taken from you. #ell, I$m taking it ack, one piece at a time.

/ou should see the pieces I got out of my psychiatrist. )lana 2loom was one of

your psychiatrists too. Is that right' /es. %r. 2loom. I can tell you where to (ndher.

Lepeat after me. My name is #ill ;raham. Laise oth of your arms. More. ;ood.)lthough you may not feel like it, I need you to smile. ;ood. It wasn$t a stroke.

/ou may have had a sei"ure. Tell me the last thing you rememer. /ou have afever./ou were hallucinating. /ou thought he was alive, - here in the room withyou. - I saw him. He$s a delusion disguising reality. %on$t let that let you slip away.

/ou killed ;arret 0aco Hos once. /ou can (nd a way to kill him again. - #hereare you going' - )el ;ideon is still at large. He mutilated %r. 1hilton. They foundhim clinging to life. I$m worried aout )lana. - )lana. - 7o, no, no, no, no, no. #ill.

/ou$re in no state to go anywhere ut the hospital. I$ll call 0ack and tell him whereyou are. Cpreviously left a gun, and his car keys, after putting on a coat, left themon the tale, go after her for dummiesE .

I don$t know if I will ever e myself again. I don$t know if I$ve got any 8self8 leftover. I spent so long thinking I was him, it$s gotten really hard to rememer who Iwas when I wasn$t him. #ho are you now' 7ow I$m you. #e$re oth here, lookingat her, just those kind of people that shouldn$t e in a relationship. /ou and I arealready committed. It$s hard to e with another person when you... can$t get outof your own head. I want to get out. /eah, well, we all want things that we can$thave. 2ut if I kill her like he would kill her, then maye I could understand himetter. I wonder if then you would (nally understand what you$ve ecome.


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0ack... I would recommend you suspend his license to carry (rearms. /ou and I arejust gonna have to have a di9erence of opinion aout who #ill is, doctor. I knowwho #ill is. #ill knows who he is. /es. 2ut our experiences shape us, 0ack. How isthis experience going to shape #ill'

#ill ;raham is trouled. )nd that troules you' 2eyond a professional concernfor a patient' I see his madness and I want to contain it, like an oil spill. il isvaluale. #hat value does #ill ;raham$s madness have for you' /ou$resuggesting I$m more fascinated with the madness than the man' )re you' 7o. Hereali"ed early on that he saw things di9erently than other people, felt thingsdi9erently. !o did you. I see myself in #ill. %o you see yourself in his madness'Madness can e a medicine for the modern world. /ou take it in moderation, it$sene(cial. /ou overdose and it can have unfortunate side e9ects. !ide e9ects cane temporary. They can e a oost to our psychological immune systems to help(ght the existential crises of normal life. #ill ;raham does not present you withprolems from normal life. 7o. He doesn$t. #hat does he present you with' Theopportunity for friendship. He is still your patient, Hannial. #here #ill ;raham isconcerned, if you feel the impulse to step forward, you must force yourself totake a step ack. )nd just watch him lose his mind' !ometimes all we can do iswatch.

I understand. /ou$re looking for an explanation, an explanation that makes all ofthis ok. 7oK 7o, no, no. I don$t. That is not what I want. Fisten, something wentwrong, and we will never know what that is, ut for all the doctors she saw, for allof the help she received, she was (ghting that wrong alone. There is nothing youcould do aout that. )ll her adult life this woman was misunderstood, and what Ican do is make sure that her death isn$t misunderstood. !he didn$t kill herself.)nd this wasn$t an accident. !o, we dismantled the oxygen chamer... see if

anyone tampered with the wiring, or even like a short circuit. 2ut nothing. !owhat sparked the (re' Inconclusive, ut... 7ot conclusively inconclusive. oundthis.

I$d like to talk with you aout a patient of yours. %o you have a court order' #ellI$d rather not get one, if I don$t have to. !o it$s not an oOcial in4uiry. 7ot yet. I$dhate to damage anyone$s reputation unnecessarily. #hose reputation would thate' I suspect that %r. Hannial Fecter may e withholding pertinent informationinvolving a murder investigation. 7o, thank you. !o... he hasn$t con(ded in the2I. /ou are hoping he$s con(ded in his psychiatrist and that I$ll tell you. /es,ma$am. It$s not that I think %r. Fecter$s dangerous. I don$t. I am concerned aout a

relationship he has with one of his patients, a man named #ill ;raham. #ithoutconsent or a court order, I$d e in reach of con(dentiality. That$s correct. !o, ifwe can$t discuss %r. Fecter, perhaps we can discuss you. /ou were attacked y apatient not too long ago. I read the report. I know that there was a statementgiven y %r. Fecter. The patient who attacked me was a former patient of %r.Fecter. )nd he was referred to you y %r. Fecter' - /es. - )nd this patient almostkilled you. He swallowed his tongue while he was attacking me. That$s the onlything that saved my life. #ell, thank ;od for small favors. /es, thank ;od. /oushould know there was another attack recently in %r. Fecter$s oOce. It involvedanother patient. Two dead, including the patient. That$s not ad psychology,)gent 1rawford. :utting me in a position to have to defend - or not to defend %r.

Fecter. - /ou have to admit he$s had some pretty strange relationships with someof his patients. 1omplicated patients are conducive to complicated relationships.


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)ll right. How far do you think %r. Fecter would go in his therapy to treat apatient' !peci(cally, #ill ;raham. Hannial refers to #ill ;raham more as afriend than as a patient. How far do you think he would go to treat a friend' #ell,he doesn$t have many of them, so I imagine he$d e loyal. I know that he$sconcerned aout #ill ;raham and I know that he wants to help him. #ell, I

consider #ill a friend, and I$d like to help him too. and I$d like to help him too. tohave more friends like %r. Fecter.

)re you asking as my psychiatrist' I$m stepping out of my role as yourpsychiatrist and I$m speaking to you now as your colleague. #hatever you$redoing with #ill ;raham, stop. #ill needs my help. /ou$ve crossed professionallines. 2y making a friend' /ou cannot function as an agent of friendship for a manwho is disconnected from the concept as a man who is disconnected from theconcept. I$m protecting #ill from inDuence. He has Daws in his intuitive eliefsaout what makes him who he is. I$m trying to help him understand. /ou may note ale to. I$m not comfortale telling #ill that my very est attempts to help himmay fail and that my loyalty to him and his treatment could e compromised.

Then tell him something else. )gent 1rawford also asked me aout my attack. Isee. #hat did you tell him' Half truths. That a violent patient swallowed histongue while he was attacking me. I didn$t tell him how or why or who wasresponsile. /ou protect your patient from 0ack 1rawford, ut I can$t protect mine.7ot anymore. 6ven the very est :sychiatrists have an inherent limitation to theirprofessional ailities. /ou may (nd that diOcult to accept. /ou$re right. It is. /ouhave to maintain oundaries, Hannial. #hen the pressures of my personal andprofessional relationships with #ill grow too great, I assure you... I$ll (nd a way torelieve them.

7ick 2oyle was just a dum kid who was really messed up ecause his sister was

murdered. He wasn$t a killer. I$ve interviewed enough killers to know one when Isee one. #hat gives them away' ) very speci(c rand of hostility. I see it everytime I look at #ill ;raham. He did kill my dad. )s far as I$m concerned, he killed7ick 2oyle. He and 0ack 1rawford told everyone 7ick was the copycat, and thensomeone murdered him for it. he did it. #hoever killed 7icholas 2oyle killed aninnocent man. How$s the ook coming' There$s plot holes. Tell me how you$re(lling them in. %id )igail Hos kill 7ick 2oyle' #hy do you say that' )igail isone of those very smart girls who hasn$t 4uite (gured out that very smart girlsgrow up and know all the moves they$re making when they$re trying to hidesomething.

- Has he acted on these thoughts' - 7ot that I$m aware of. r he$s aware of, forthat matter. 2ut he has experienced periods of lost time. /es, I$ve seen himconfused at crime scenes. I$ve seen him disoriented. He may have een confusedecause he was waking up. Might not have known where he was or how he gotthere. #aking up' rom a dissociated personality state. He would appearperfectly normal and not rememer a thing. 2ut a fractured part of him would.)nd how long have you een aware of this' He$s only recently started to discussthese episodes. #ell, unless recently means just efore I walked into your oOce,you failed to mention any of this to me. 2ecause I was trying to determine if itwas trauma and stress from the work he$s doing for you, or mental illness. Ithought it wise to e sure efore making any kind of claim aout #ill ;raham$s

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#here is #ill' I left him at the cain. I didn$t feel safe with him, so I left him. Heknows everything. !o does 0ack 1rawford. If I run, they$ll catch me, won$t they'

/ou can$t protect me anymore. They$ll arrest you when they (nd you, yes. )nd#ill. %id he kill Marissa' They will elieve he did. They will elieve he killedothers too. #ill always said whoever called the house that morning was the serial

killer. #hy did you really call' I wanted to warn your father that #ill ;raham wascoming for him. #hy' I was curious what would happen. I was curious what wouldhappen when I killed Marissa. I was curious what you would do. /ou wanted me tokill 7ick 2oyle. I was hoping. I wanted to see how muchlike your father you were.h, my ;od. 7icholas 2oyle is more important for you gutting him. He changedyou, )igail. That$s more important than the life he clamored after. How manypeople have you killed' Many more than your father. )re you going to kill me' I$mso sorry, )igail. I$m sorry I couldn$t protect you in this life.

I (nd myself searching for ways that )igail could still e alive. ;rieving is anindividual process with a universal goal< the truest examination of the meaning oflife and the meaning of its end. I know what life means. #e$ve existed for ahundred thousand years. In that time, a hundred illion human lives have hadeginnings and ends. ) hundred illion lives haven$t impacted yours, ut clearly)igail Hos$ life has, and you seem surprised y that. I never consideredhaving a child. 2ut after meeting )igail, I understood the appeal. Theopportunity to guide and support, and in many ways, direct a life. /ou werehaving inDuence on her' I was hoping I was. /oung people are supposed to e thelenses through which we see ourselves living eyond this life. I think of myearliest memory and project forward to what I imagine will e my death. I neverthink aout living eyond that span of time. 6xcept y reputation. 6ven after thisloss' More so after this loss. #ill ;raham is a loss, too. /ou might grieve him as a

loss. I haven$t given up on #ill. If they do (nd him guilty of killing )igail Hos...#hen. Fet$s e honest. I don$t recommend you participate in any rehailitatione9ort. I was so con(dent in my aility to help him... To solve him. To save him.!aving him, I lost )igail. It$s hard to accept that I could fail them oth soprofoundly.

I can$t confess to something I don$t rememer. The 4uestion is, how much more isthere that you don$t rememer' #e found your (shing lures. /eah, I should hopeso. They-they were on my desk right y the front door. #e found human remainsamongst the materials that you made them from. The human remains of 1assie2oyle, Marissa !chuur, I wasn$t... I wasn$t sick when 1assie 2oyle was murdered. Iwasn$t sick when Marissa !chuur was murdered. That$s not an argument you

want to e making right now. 7ot with me. 2ecause then, I$d e a psychopath. Myiggest fear is that we$ll learn that you knew what you were doing the wholetime. Hey, you don$t have to e afraid of that, 0ack. There is something youshould e afraid of, though. - /eah' #hat$s that' - #hoever$s doing this to me.!omeone$s doing this to you' They$ll e close to you. It could e someone here.#orking with you. !o that$s it' It$s a setup' They know forensics. They know thatI$m unstale. 1an you hear how paranoid you sound' r it could just e you. ThenI$d e really screwed, wouldn$t I'

7ow how would you say he caught him' #e were looking through the (les and itwas as if #ill plucked his name out of a hat, ased on little more than an

incomplete address. Fet me play the devil here for a moment, doctor. This clocktest, could #ill fake something like this' #ould he e ale to do that' /es.


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They haven$t found her ody. 0ust the one piece. If you were in ;arret 0acoHos$ frame of mind when you killed her, they may never (nd her. 1ause Ihonored every part of her' :erhaps you didn$t come here looking for a killer.:erhaps you came here to (nd yourself. /ou killed a man in this very room. Istared at Hos... and the space opposite me and the space opposite me (lled

with dark and swarming Dies. Then I scattered them. )t a time when other menfear their isolation, yours has ecome understandale to you. /ou are aloneecause you are uni4ue. I$m as alone as you are. If you followed the urges youkept down for so long, cultivated them as the inspirations they are, you wouldhave ecome someone other than yourself. I know who I am. I$m not so sure Iknow who you are anymore. 2ut I am certain... one of us killed )igail. #hoeverthat was killed the others. )re you a killer, #ill' /ou. Light now. This manstanding in front of me. Is this who you really are' I am who I$ve always een. Thescales have just fallen from my eyes. I can see you now. #hat do you see' /ousaid it felt good to kill ;arret 0aco Hos. #ould it feel good to kill me now' h,;arret 0aco Hos was a murderer. )re you a murderer, %r. Fecter' #hat reason

would I have' /ou, you have no traceale motive... #hich is why you were sohard to see. /ou were just... curious what I would do. !omeone like me. !omeonewho thinks how I think. #ind him up... and watch him go. )nd apparently, %r.Fecter... this is how I go.

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#ill may e convicted of (ve murders while I am only maye convicted of one.#ell, you$re not on trial. I will e - in the halls of the 2I. )nd so will you. I mean,according to #ill ;raham, this was all you. #ill was your loodhound. /ou can$tignore where - he points. - I$m not ignoring it. /ou have to investigate me. It$s inmy est interest, and yours. /es, it is. 2ut I also can$t ignore the fact that myloodhound went mad efore he pointed in your direction. #e can$t de(ne #illonly y his maddest edges. #e can$t de(ne #ill at all.

I used to hear my thoughts inside my skull with the same, um... tone, timre,accent, as if the words were coming out of my mouth. - )nd now' - 7ow... ...myinner voice sounds like you. I can$t get you out of my head. riendship cansometimes involve a reach of individual separateness. /ou$re not my friend. The,uh, light from friendship won$t reach us for a million years. That$s how far away

from friendship we are. I imagine it$s easier to elieve I am responsile for thosemurders than it is to accept that you are. !ure is. /our inner voice can provide amethod of taking control of your ehavior, accepting responsiility for whatyou$ve done. ;iving your thoughts words encourages clarity. h, I have clarity.)out you. ur conversations, #ill, were only ever aout you opening your eyesto the truth of who you are. #hat you did to me is in my head, and I will (nd it.I$m going to rememer, %r. Fecter, and when I do, there will e a reckoning. Ihave huge faith in you, #ill. I always have.

I stood in #ill$s shoes, looked through his eyes, and I saw death... ...how Iimagined he would see it. #hy would you e inviting the scrutiny of the 2I' I$m

eing as open and honest as I know how. /ou maintain an air oftransparency... ...while putting me in the position to lie for you. )gain. /ou$re not


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just lying for me. How far will this Dirtation with the 2I go' It would seem 0ack1rawford is less suspicious of me than you are. 0ack 1rawford doesn$t know whatyou$re capale of. 7either do you.

It$s good to see you. %on$t know how I feel aout seeing you. I$ll let you knowwhen I do. - %oes 0ack know you$re here' - 7o, - ut he shouldn$t e surprised. -I$m surprised. I$m...compartmentali"ing.

%eclaring Hannial$s guilt is more important to #ill than estalishing his owndefense. Hannial$s not guilty. 7either is #ill. 2ut he$s clinging to the hopeHannial did this so he doesn$t have to face what he did. 1onvince me he didn$tknow what he was doing. I would really like to e convinced, )lana. ) psychopathwouldn$t e so scared of the truth, 0ack. #ill$s terri(ed, ut that$s not stoppinghim from trying to (nd it. !omeody$s gotta (nd the truth, eh, #inston' If #illdoesn$t rememer what he did... he$ll never accept the truth.

/ou know, that man whose classroom I walked into months ago. I rememer that

man. Memories are all I have. Imagine how nice it is to stumle on a new one. Iwas almost certain Hannial Fecter did this to me. )nd it$s a funny thing, dout. Ihad nothing to prove to myself or... or anyone else that Hannial was responsile- not even a memory. /ou have something now' /ou$ve recovered a memory' /es.

That$s meaningless. 7ot to me. He did it so well. I... there... there wasn$t an orgyof evidence. There was just enough to convince you. There was just enough toconvince you. #e went over every (er of every stitch of clothing. #e took his%7). #e took his (ngerprints. #e found nothing. /ou let the fox into thehenhouse. /ou stood over 1assie 2oyle$s ody in that (eld and you descriedyourself to me. 7o, I descried Hannial Fecter. I can$t hear this anymore. I... I amnot the intelligent psychopath you are looking for. ;oodye, #ill. /ou may not

elieve me now. /ou will.-----

7o. I am simply ending our patient-psychiatrist relationship. /ou tried to end itefore. I... am grateful for your persistence in engaging me after my attack.However, in light of everything that has happened with #ill ;raham, I haveegun to 4uestion your actions - particularly, your past actions with regards tome and my attack. %id you share these 4uestions with 0ack 1rawford' 7o. )ndnor will I. I would look just as guilty as you. 2ut perhaps that is what you

intended. #hat exactly am I guilty of' 6xactly, I cannot say. I$ve had to draw aconclusion ased on what I glimpsed through the stitching of the person suit thatyou wear. )nd the conclusion that I$ve drawn... is that you are... dangerous. I$msorry you feel that way. :lease don$t come to my home again. I will see myselfout. I$m resuming #ill ;raham$s therapy. To what end' 2esides your own. Heasked for my help. Then maye you deserve each other.

6xcuse me. %octor, join me over here.

) fascinating insight, Ms. at" - as if #ill ;raham himself were here in the room./es, it is. How$s #ill ;raham' !hut your mouth. Is there a reason you didn$t cometo me efore you decided to go talk to him' - I (gured you$d say no. - /ou (gured

correctly. - 2ut I knew you$d want to say yes. - /ou knew that' /ou put me in anawkward position, 0ack. I had to go ecause I knew you wouldn$t. If you had gone


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like you wanted, I wouldn$t have had to. #hy didn$t you' 2ecause #ill ;raham iseither delusional or a psychopath, neither of which I can trust. ine, so don$t trusthimP just listen to him. I$m listening. This is what I$m hearing< if he$s delusional,it$s ecause I made him that wayP if he$s a psychopath, it$s ecause everything inmy gut is wrong. /ou think he$s innocent. I don$t know what I think. I think he still

wants to save lives. That$s what I think. I have ent the rules here in the name ofsaving lives. I$m under the microscope. The Oce of the Inspector ;eneral hasordered a psych eval to determine my competency to sit in this chair #ell, whatdo you want me to do' If you don$t want me to go ack, I won$t. #e didn$t havethis conversation. )nd... since we didn$t have this conversation, I want you to goand do whatever it is you elieve it is your jo to do. %o you know what your jois' /es, I do.

- /ou threatened me with a reckoning. - I did. I can$t claim unconsciousness onthat one. /ou were searching for something in your head to incriminate me. I canonly assume you didn$t (nd it. There$s not much in there I recogni"e. #hateveryou rememer, if you do rememer, will e a distortion of reality, not the truth ofevents. I$m reali"ing that.

%r. Fecter has advised me against dwelling on anything morid. I know you wantto stop these murder as much as I do. Leasons for stopping multiple murders doreadily occur to me, ut, um... ...I$m going to need something in return. There arethings you don$t have' I can talk to the chief of sta9. - 1hilton' - He$s eing verycooperative. f course he is. He loves when I have visitors. He$s recording everyword. He$s, uh, gossipy that way. #hat do you want, #ill' I$m wondering if youcan get me the thing I really want. Try me. I want you to ignore all the evidenceagainst me. /ou$re right. I can$t get that. How many colors will this killer add tohis ox of crayons' !ay I ignore the evidence against you. #hat then' !trike it

from your mental record. !tart over. If I$m guilty, you$ll (nd more evidenceP if I$mnot guilty, you$ll maye (nd that too. )ll right. I$ll keep looking.

#hat did %r. Fecter say' VThe eye looks eyond this world, into the next, andsees a reDection of man himself.W There was never supposed to e a reDection.

The killer$s having an existential crisis after all. The 4uestion is... how did he (ndhis faith'

In the ?th century, it was wrongly elieved that the last image seen y the eyesof a dying person would e (xed on the retina. #hat would e the last image

(xed on this dying eye' I made you pliale. Molded you. !et and sealed youwhere you lay. This is my design. ) dead eye of... vision... and consciousness. Iam (xed and unseeing. 3nless someone else sees me. ne of these things is notlike the others. ne of these things just doesn$t elong. #ho are you' #hy areyou so di9erent from everyone else' I didn$t put you here. /ou... are not mydesign. illing must feel good to ;od too. He does it all the time, and are we notcreated in His image' The killer is in the mural. - I mean, the man you$re lookingfor is sewn into his own mural - this man. #hoever sewed him in took a piece ofhim. ou$re not alone, you know'Gi@ Gi@InGi@ The Lesurrection,:iero dellarancesca placed himself in the fresco. 7othing Dattering - he depicted himselfas a simple guard asleep at his post. /our placement should e much more

meaningful. It$s not (nished. I$m (nishing it for you. #e$ll (nish it together. #henyour great eye looked to the heavens, what did it see' 7othing. 7ot anymore.


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There is no ;od. 1ertainly not with that attitude. ;od gave you purpose - 7ot onlyto create art, ut to ecome it. #hy are you helping me' /our eye will now see;od reDected ack. It will see you. If ;od is looking down at you, don$t you wantto e looking ack at Him'

The point of the trial isn$t so much whether or not you did itP it$s whether or notyou knew what you were doing when you did it. !ounds like I$m unemployed. %r.2loom is hard at work on your unconsciousness defense. )h, yes, yes, - the 2Imade me do it. - The 2I made you a murderer. /es, that is %r. 2loom$s position.)s you can imagine, she$s not popular. #hat$s your position' ur point of view isthat you were already a murderer. The prosecution will paint a picture of you asan intelligent psychopath. /ou conspired with your neurologist to cultivate anillness that would ultimately e your alii. )nd then I killed my neurologist toroom the footprints ehind me' That$s what everyone in the courtroom will hearwhen you take the stand, regardless of what you say. #ell, what$s to e doneaout that' Fet$s discuss it. If you plead guilty, you$ll spare us all a trial. )nd Ipersonally will see to it that you$re comfortale here. I$m pleading innocent. /ouvery pulicly lost your mind - some would argue theatrically. The prosecutioncertainly will. )ll part of the performanceP it$s just not my performance you$rewatching. /ou$ll e found guilty and given the federal death penalty. I$m trying tosave your life. I guess I$ll have to save my own life.

2ut I understand you etter than I thought. I... wanted to meet you efore Iwithdraw. #hat are you withdrawing from' - !ocial ties. - #ell, you$re apsychiatrist. Isn$t our sense of self a conse4uence of social ties' They certainlyare in your case. It may e small comfort, ut I am convinced Hannial has done

what he honestly elieves is est for you. 7o, that isn$t small comfortP that woulde no comfort. The traumati"ed are unpredictale ecause we know we cansurvive. /ou can survive this happening to you. Happening to me. !tay ehind thewhite line, ma$amK I elieve you.

Gi@)nd the conclusionGi@ Gi@that I$ve drawn...Gi@ [email protected] that you areGi@[email protected]@ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCwhen he decieded to kill her in her house, shewas already gone, everything wrapped in sheets, and just a small perfume toremind him, that she knew everythingEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Lather than feel tormented y the work he did, #ill ;raham enjoyed the coverhis role at the 2I gave him - to commit his terrile crimes. - I don$t elieve that

to e true. )gent 1rawford' #ill hated every second of the work. He hated it. Hedidn$t fake that. He hated it and I kept making him do it. #hy then is it that whenyou o9ered him an opportunity to 4uit, he refused' C(rmlyE< 2ecause he wassaving lives. I had een warned y more than one person that if I pushed #ill, I$dreak him. I put those checks and alances in place, then ignored them. )nd herewe are.

#hat does 0ack 1rawford drink' #hatever it is, I need to send him a veryexpensive ottle. He said I$m a killer ecause he drove me insane. 7o, he pavedthe road for your defense. #ell, he didn$t say I$m innocent. Innocence isn$t averdict, Mr. ;raham, ut Vnot guiltyW is. This isn$t lawP it$s advertising. )dvertising

triviali"esP it, uh, manipulatesP it$s vulgar. 2oo-hoo. !o is the law. #e have tocreate desire to (nd you Vnot guiltyW, which is nonexistent in this courtroom right


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now. #e$re manipulating people into uying something they don$t need. - Mr.2rauer' - They don$t want your innocence. Thank you. 3nconsciousness in apretty package, that I can sell. If I take the moral high ground with you, I$ll getyou killed. I think I opened your mail.

I$ve given my life... to death. )nd now death has followed you home... ...come tolive in your house. 2ella has kept our edroom from looking too much like asickroom. There are Dowers, ut not too many. /ou know. !he insists that thereare no pills in sight. !o, I$ve een thinking aout taking her to Italy where we met.#e could... !he could die there. 0ack. /ou$re not sick. /ou don$t have to go into theground with her. #hen 2ella$s lost to you, the 2I could still e there. /ou$retelling me not to commit professional suicide' )s a friend, I$m telling you not toforce an issue for the short-term emotional satisfaction it can have.

It was choreographed to drop the ear at the eginning of #ill$s trial. !uch a gifthas great signi(cance. - ) gift from who' - #ill claimed someone else committedthe crimes he$s accused of. He said that person was you. :erhaps he was half

right. h, you$ve gotta e kidding me. It seems you have an admirer. /ou thinksomeone sent me an ear ecause they admire me' The oundaries of what$sconsidered normal are getting narrower. utside those oundaries, this may eintended as a helpful gesture.

%id you ever discuss - #ill ;raham with )igail' - )igail told me she elieved#ill ;raham wanted to kill her and canniali"e her like her father wanted to do.!he was right. I should$ve listened to her. %o you lame yourself for her death' Ilame #ill ;raham. Thank you. /our witness. Miss Founds. 1ould you please...remind me how many times you$ve een sued for liel' C4uietlyE< !ix. !orry' - !ix.- !ix. )nd how many times did you settle' !ix. !ix. Thank you. 7othing further.

The defense calls %r. )lana 2loom. I elieve #ill$s empathy disorder... ...cominedwith the e9ects of viral encephalitis... %o we have to do this like this' I don$t wantthe (rst time you do this to e in court. %r. 2loom, weren$t you and the accusedromantically involved' How is this relevant to the case' It$s relevant to yourtestimony. In that court, your feelings, your emotions, your pro-everything-#ill-;raham will e on trial. /ou get all starey and non-linky like that, it$ll undermineyou and me, ut mainly him. My testimony is ased on my professional-- - /ou aresmitten with the accused, Miss 2loom, )nd it is adorale, ut not our rand ofdefense. )nd Ms. 5ega will smell it on you like you stepped in /oung )dult andtracked it into the courtroom. #ere you and #ill ;raham involved romantically' Ihave no romantic feelings for #ill ;raham. I have a professional curiosity. I likethat. V:rofessional curiosityW. It seems so... heh, it seems so indi9erent. 3nlessyou look like you$re lying when you say it. 2ut you didn$t.

@This murder raisesGi@ Gi@serious douts ao - the case against #ill ;raham. -/our team provided the evidence. - The overwhelming evidence. - !o youunderstand the signi(cance - of my 4uestioning it. - )gent 1rawford, we all heardyour testimony. )re you sure you$re not just trying to assuage - your own guilt' -

/es, I$m sure. - I$m not. - )ndrew !ykes was mutilated in the exact same manner#ill ;raham allegedly mutilated his victims - ways that have not een madepulic. - #ill ;raham isn$t saying he didn$t kill those people. His lawyer is runningan unconsciousness defense. In e9ect, he$s admitting the acts, ut just not the

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#hatever Mr. 2rauer$s strategy is, this will o9er a new line of defense. That$s forMr. 2rauer to tell me, )gent 1rawford, not you. /es, /our Honor.

ccam$s room. /ou intentionally ignored facts that refute your argument -hoping noody$d notice. - /ou noticed. Mm-hmm. I wanted to dispel your doutsonce and for all. My douts aout what' Me. I want you to elieve in the est ofme, just as I elieve in the est of you. This crime o9ered us oth reasonaledout. It o9ered us a distraction. Maye this acolyte is giving you your path tofreedom. 6ven 0ack is ready to elieve, #ill. It would e a lie. - I don$t want you toe here. - I don$t want me to e here - either. - Then you have a choice. This killerwrote you a poem. )re you going to let his love go to waste'

I$m confused. /ou$re going to aandon your defense strategy, the entire caseyou$ve uilt, mid-trial. 6xciting, isn$t it' )nd this seems reasonale to you' It$s notonly reasonaleP it$s fashionale. There$s a killer on the loose, demonstrating allthe hallmarks of #ill ;raham$s - alleged murders. - %o you think this killer -committed the crimes that you$re accused of' - %on$t answer that, not in front of

me. It$s inconse4uential. - 2ut is it true' - /ou$re eing awfully high and mighty,%r. 2loom. 5ery ivory tower, very reductive. 5ery far from the point, which is theexoneration of your friend - #ill ;raham. - )nd the point you$re trying - to make isreasonale dout. - That$s a win, yes. - The est you can hope for is mistrial. -

That$s also a win. /ou won$t e ale to plead unconsciousness again. /our fast,triumphant diagnosis of unconsciousness was the est play we had. 7ow we havea etter play. 7eedless to say, I won$t e calling you to the witness stand. #ho$staking the stand in my place'

;ood morning, %octor. :lease descrie your relationship with #ill ;raham. I wasasked y 0ack 1rawford to monitor #ill$s emotional well-eing while he worked on

cases. I was never oOcially his psychiatrist. If you weren$t his psychiatrist, whatwere you' I was meant to e his staility. - I failed him in that. - How did you failhim' I was unale to determine if #ill$s condition was due to mental illness orstress from his work at the 2I. My mistake was never considering his innocenceuntil the murder of a aili9 from this courthouse. )nd how did you know aoutthat, %r. Fecter' I have een asked to consult on the case y 0ack 1rawford. Hewanted a pro(le of the aili9$s killer. !o, you elieve the aili9$s murder wascommitted y the same person guilty of #ill ;raham$s alleged crimes, yes':ro(les aren$t evidenceP they$re opinion. This is hearsay. I will allow it. Thank you,

/our Honor. I elieve there are alarming similarities in the crimes, yes. #ill;raham accused you of the crimes for which he now stands trial, and yet here

you are, testifying on his ehalf for the defense. #ill rightfully couldn$t acceptthese actions to e his. ) mind faced with the possiility of committing suchdeeds will (nd an alternative reality to elieve in. /ou don$t lame him for that'7o. #ill ;raham is and will always e my friend.

/our witness. %r. Fecter, what was the cause of death in the aili9$s murder' )ullet to the heart. Mm. )nd in #ill ;raham$s victims, or alleged victims, whatwas their cause of death' Mutilation. That$s very di9erent from a ullet. 7o twocrimes of any killer are going to e exactly the same. The similarities-- - /ourHonor, the witness$s personal eliefs and iases are driving his conclusions.

There are clearly two di9erent killers and two di9erent cases. /our Honor, there

are suOcient similarities to consider this a defense. I$m ruling this defenseinadmissile, Mr. 2rauer. Thank you, /our Honor. )ll previous testimony on thematter will e stricken from the record.


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#ho is he to you that makes you want to risk everything for him' ) very cogentreminder of the pitfalls of having faith in one$s fellow man, thank you. 6veryoneat one point or another has to leave someody ehind. /ou$ve got to cut himloose. therwise, the someone eing left ehind, today or tomorrow... is gonnae you.

I can$t exactly lame your lawyer. aith in any sort of legal justice has never eenany more comforting than a nightlight.

X %on$t say, VHannial FecterW. X I$m saying Hannial Fecter. X %idn$t you stopringing that ell' I$m not asking you to elieve anything you can$t prove. I$m justasking you to prove it. X Hannial Fecter has no reasonY X That is exactly right.He has no discernile reason other than his own amusement and curiosity. That$shard to prove. There will e a very clever detail to (nd on 0ames ;ray. Hewouldn$t e ale to resist it. :roaly something that was overlooked. !omething

hidden. I$ll look for clever details. 2ut I$m not looking for Hannial. 0ust as long asyou$re looking. /ou look out there. I$ll look in here.

I$ll give you the same deal I gave 2everly at". I know you know what it is. /ou$veeen recording our conversations. r are we pretending you didn$t #hat VthisWare you o9ering in exchange X for my VthatW' X I$m 4uite the topic ++


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information has come to light. X #hat sort of information' X #hat #ill ;rahamsu9ers from may not e a single condition, ut a continuum of illnesses, all withdi9erent neurological mechanisms. !ome naturally occurring, X others appear tohave een induced. X Induced' Induced y whom' %id you ever use any kind oflight stimulation in your treatment' Fight stimulation is a standard tool for

neurotherapy. 6vidently, it was overloading his visual cortex. 1reating sei"ures,time loss, gaps in his memory. )lmost strategically, it seems. /ou$re suggesting itwas intentional' )ll our conversations aout psychic driving. /ou were so curiousand eager to hear what I had to say X while saying very little yourself. X I had verylittle to say. I have een thinking aout the possiility that you may have eenpsychic driving #ill ;raham all along. ) old accusation, rederick. /ou are notthe only psychiatrist accused of making a patient kill. #e have to stick together.

There was nothing you could do. )nd there will e a time when there is nothingyou can do. )nd I don$t want you to rememer me pleading with you to make thepain go away. h, I$m not going to rememer you that way. irst of all, I$m goingto rememer you walking along the 4uays of Italy in the sunshine with a trail ofsignori ehind you shouting Vella, ella, ella.W )nd I$m going to rememer thatyour hands... that they smelled of thyme when you came in from the garden. )ndgarlic and onions every time you left the kitchen. ClaughingE I$m going torememer you as eautiful as you are right now.

#e talked aout the 1hesapeake Lipper. Then she went and found him.:sychopaths can e indi9erent to those sorts of setacks. I know something ofthe monster you are dealing with. He is a well-educated man. ) sociallycompetent man. He has surgical experience or, at the very least, know-how. /outhought )el ;ideon was the 1hesapeake Lipper. 6vidently, I was wrong aoutthat. Y ;ideon knows who the Lipper is. Y )nd I suppose you do, too. #ouldn$t it

e interesting if we oth said it was the same man' /es, it would. It$s a shame wecan$t talk to )el ;ideon aout the 1hesapeake Lipper. #ell, just think, rederick,you could e the one who catches him after all.

I rememer that night at %r. Fecter$s. The night I rought you there. Y The nightyou tried to kill me. /es, how do you think I found you' He sent me to kill you,)el. )m I your evidence' h, you$re in troule, Mr. ;raham. #hy would youprotect him' /ou were 4uite happy to try and kill me yourself. /ou have it VinyouW, as they say. He is the %evil, Mr. ;raham. He is smoke. /ou$ll never VcatchWthe Lipper He won$t e caught. If you want him... ...you will have to kill him. airenough.

/ou and I are oth proponents of unorthodox treatments of the mind. !trategiesothers might not choose to understand. #hat I$m trying to understand is why youwould transfer )el ;ideon ack to your hospital for the unworried unwell. It wasnot for sel(sh reasons. )h, sel(shness. The original sin of man, according to

0udeo- 1hristian morality. #e are not talking aout morality or ethics here, arewe, %r. Fecter' 2ut rather, concealing their asence. ;ideon disemoweled you,rederick. 2rave of you, or perhaps wise, to keep the evidence of your misdeedsY under your own roof. Y My misdeeds and yours. 7either of us controls ourstories well enough to get anything from exposing the other$s misdeeds. Here$s tothat. I rought ;ideon ack ecause... I thought he may e useful in #ill

;raham$s therapy. He shot ;ideon, yet he has no memory of it. #e knowmemories, emotions, and even spiritual experiences can e manipulated whileunder hypnotics. I$m trying to set #ill on the path to reuilding his roken rain,


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picking up your pieces, as it were. /ou$ve analy"ed my patientP perhaps you$llallow me to analy"e yours. I$d like to interview )el ;ideon.

/ou don$t need to stand way over there. I$m a cutter, not a pisser. Hello, %r.;ideon. ur rains devote more space to reading the details of faces than anyother oject. %are I say, I$ve never seen yours efore. I$m %r. Hannial Fecter. Iwas #ill ;raham$s psychiatrist. #ell, he$s not a very good advertisement for yourailities, %r. Fecter. That remains to e seen. h, I et you$re a devil at the ridgetale. Y It$s a pleasure to make your ac4uaintance. Y The pleasure$s mine. 2utnow I know your name, of course I am aware of you y reputationZ and I see why1hilton oth reveres you and resents you.Z 6steem in psychiatric circles stilleludes him, yet it clings to you like soap to a ay$s eyes. He very much wants toe you. He should e more careful what he wishes for. )nd you should have eenmore careful with #ill ;raham. That young man has got a one to pick. )s atherapist, I$m concerned with (nding ways of overcoming resistance. 7ot uildingit up. #ell, you uilt up something, %r. Fecter.

I am interviewing #ill ;raham. )t his re4uest. Imagine that. I$m trying. It$s goodto see you again, #ill. Fet me rephrase that. It is good to see you in here. #hereyou elong. Thank you for coming. Y #hy am I here' Y I have an admirer. )ndhe seems to (t your demographic. My demographic is murderers and peopleosessed with murderers. I$m talking aout the man who killed the aili9 and the

judge at my trial. )h. )nd you think he$s your admirer' He killed the aili9 to giveme an alii. He killed the judge ecause he threw that alii out. !o is youradmirer cra"y' I don$t think anyody as careful as he is could e cra"y. I think-Ithink he$s di9erent. Maye a lot of people elieve him to e cra"y, and the reasonfor that is, he hasn$t let people understand much Y aout him. Y 2ut youunderstand him. )re you trying to catch him or contact him' I would like to

estalish a line of communication. )nd your wesite seems like a good place todo that. I could open it up for you. )ds, editorial, online chat rooms, monitoringincoming mail. I could e discreet. In exchange for' 6xclusive rights to your story.It$s all yours, reddie. /ou want to talk to your admirer, we$ll have to send aninvitation. Gi@V;raham elieved this manGi@Gi@wanted to help,Gi@ Gi@Veventhough his motivesGi@ Gi@for that are unclear.Gi@ Gi@VHe killed people in hisname,Gi@ Gi@and he$d like to ask him why.WGi@

#ould you like a ook, Mr. ;raham' I have my imagination. I read yourTattle1rime interview. /ou$re a very articulate man. I agreed with a lot of whatyou said. /ou$re right. :eople don$t understand much aout me. r aout you. 2ut

at least we understand each other. There$s something we don$t have. r mayewe just evolved not to need. /ou were hiding in the 2I. That$s talent. If youhadn$t gotten sick, they never would$ve found you. /ou found a great place tohide. !pend time in a mental hospital, you pick up the drill. /ou could pass as anorderly, get a jo doing it when you get out. They may never know you were in.viously you reali"e 1hilton records every word said in here. #ho do you thinkwired the mics' Y r unwired the mics, as they currently are. Y /ou killed theaili9 Y during my trial. Y I thought it would exonerate you. I had read your (leoften enough. 6asy to recreate your work. It was so speci(c. Though the aili9was a itch to get on that stag$s head. )nd the judge' I killed the aili9. The

judge was... someody else.

Ckeys jinglingE #hy are you trying to help me' Have you seen the way thatsmaller irds will mo a hawk on a wire' /ou and me, we are hawks, Mr. ;raham.


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Hawks are solitary. )nd that$s their weakness. 6nough of those smaller irds gettogether, and they chase hawks away. Imagine if the hawks started workingtogether. CCCCCCfreed him, to show him trust, then #ill had to get the cu9s ack onto keep the appearanceEEEEEEEEE #hy did you want to talk to me' Cdoor unlockingE Ineed a favor. I$m always happy to do a favor for a friend. 0ust say the words. I

want you to kill Hannial Fecter.#ill' Hi. I$m sorry to drop in unannounced like this. Y #hat$s on your mind, %r.2loom' Y /ou. /ou gave an interview to reddie Founds. /ou despise reddieFounds. It just seemed, um... #hat, suspicious' )nd slightly worrying. /ou don$thave to worry aout me. I know you feel powerless aout what happened to2everly, and you want to do something aout it. #ould that e so ad' %ependson what you$re thinking aout doing. 2ut there$s no solution to grief, #ill. It justis. 2everly died ecause of me. 2ecause she listened to me. I$m not gonna letthat happen again. #ill, what have you done' 0ust what I had to do.

Gi@%r. 2loom--Gi@ /ou are like a Dower lossoming amongst the weeds. I$m glad

to see you alive, %r. ;ideon. #ell, Mr. ;raham didn$t do a particularly good jo ofkilling me. He was sick. Y )nd a very poor shot. Y ;ood enough shot to get aullet in you efore you put a lade in me. )nd for that, I am sincerely grateful.2een wondering aout that night. How do you know where I live' ) little irdiewanted me to kill you. r a little irdie wanted Mr. ;raham to have reason to killme. 2ut either way, you and I are e4ually expendale. /ou were trying to (nd theLipper that night Y %id you' Y I found #ill ;raham. #ill isn$t the 1hesapeakeLipper 7ot yet. )ll the things that make us who we are... #hat has to happen tomake those things change' !o much has happened to Mr. ;raham. He is achanged man. Maye he$s looking for redemption. 2ut revenge, now that is atrinket he could value. He thinks that he knows who killed 2everly at"' or the

courtesy you have always shown me, I am going to give you a gift. I$m going togive you a chance to save #ill from himself. How' He is in a ilical place rightnow, ut that rage will pass. )nd when it does, #ill ;raham will either e amurderer or he will not 3p to you. He$s institutionali"ed. He$s really in no positionto e killing anyone. 7ot with his own hands. 2ut if he only had a little irdie whocould whisper murder into a sympathetic ear... #ho does he want to kill, doctor'CCCCCCCCCCthe fact that I cannot say it, ut I[m looking right into your eyes, shoulde the answerEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

#e$ve got a trace on his cell phone. 0udas had the decency to hang himself inshame at his etrayal. 2ut I thought you needed help. %id you know that the

phrase Vto kick the ucketW came from exactly this situation' /ou could kick itout right now yourself and it$d all e over. Quicker than leeding out. /ou$re anurse at the hospital. /ou$re setting a new standard of care. #ill ;raham is notwhat you think. He$s not a murderer. He is now. 2y proxy. CgruntingE He asked youto do this' #hat are friends for' 7ow I$m going to ask you a few yes or no4uestions while you still have enough lood coursing through your rain toanswer them. /ou ready' Leady. %id you kill that judge' I can ask you yes-or-no4uestions, you don$t have to say a word, and I$ll know what the answer is. Thepupil dilates with speci(c mental e9orts. /ou dilate, that$s a VyesW. 7o dilatione4uals VnoW. )re you the 1hesapeake Lipper' How many times have youwatched someone cling on to a life that$s not really worth living' 6king out a few

extra seconds #ondering why they other. I know why. Fife is precious.


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The 1hesapeake Lipper. I wonder what they$re gonna call me. /ou know, theIro4uois used to eat their enemies to take their strength. Maye your murders willecome my murders. I$ll e the 1hesapeake Lipper now. nly if you eat me.ClaughingE :ut your hands where I can see them. He$s got a gun, 0ackK Hold onK

/ou$re moving smoothly and slowly, 0ack. 1arrying your concentration like arimming cup. Hannial Fecter was almost murdered... y an employee of thishospital. )n attendant who we elieve is the person that... killed the aili9 andthe judge at your murder trial He killed the aili9, he didn$t kill the judge. Y Thatwas the 1hesapeake Lipper. Y /ou know this' He told me. Then you told him tokill Hannial. 7othing I said made that happen, 0ack. It just happened. It justhappened. /ou don$t seem to e too roken up aout it. There$s a commonemotion we all recogni"e and have not yet named. The happy anticipation ofeing ale to feel contempt. /ou feel contempt for Hannial' #ell, I havecontempt for the ripper. I have contempt for what he does. Y )nd what does hedo' Y #hat does he do' #hat is the (rst and principal thing he does' #hat needdoes he serve y killing' He harvests organs 7o, that$s only the action of what hedoes. #hy does he need to do it' The ripper kills in sounders of three or four in4uick order. %o you know why' I know why. Then tell me. 2ecause if he waits toolong, then the meat spoils. He$s eating them' Hannial is like ;arrett 0acoHos' ) cannial' 7o, not like ;arrett 0aco Hos. Hos ate his victims tohonor themP the ripper eats his victims ecause they$re no etter to him thanpigs. #ith the exception of 2everly at", there is no connection etween Hannialand any ripper victims. 7o immediate connection. Hannial Fecter is not the1hesapeake Lipper. If the ripper$s killing, you can et Hannial Fecter$s planninga dinner party. /ou and I proaly sipped wine while swallowing the people towhom we were trying to give justice, 0ack. #ho does he have to kill efore you

open your eyes'My heart certainly feels skewered. /ou have the scars to prove it. It feels as if thatnoose is still around my neck. !trange having nightmaresP I never used to. %on$tmake the same mistake I$ve madeP eing your own psychiatrist. I$m alwaysassessing my feelings instead of acting on them. It$s the safest course. /ou haveto (nd a way to deal with what happened to you. I$m metaoli"ing the experiencey composing a new piece of music. Harpsichord or Theremin' Harpsichord.!travinsky said a true composer thinks aout his un(nished work the whole time.He$s not always conscious of this, ut he$s aware of it when he suddenly knowswhat to do. )

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