K-Pax (48 page)
Personalit
y
difference
s
amon
g
th
e
variou
s
alter
s
ar
e
ofte
n
astonishing
.
Som
e
ar
e
muc
h
smarte
r
than
others
,
expres
s
widel
y
discrepan
t
talents
,
scor
e
uniquel
y
o
n
psychologica
l
tests
,
an
d
eve
n
produce
disparat
e
EE
G
patterns
!
The
y
migh
t
als
o
visualiz
e
themselve
s
a
s
bein
g
ver
y
dissimila
r
i
n
appearance
,
or
eve
n
o
f
a
differen
t
sex
,
fro
m
tha
t
o
f
th
e
othe
r
identities
.
Whethe
r
thes
e
ar
e
tru
e
individual
s
i
s
questionable,
but
,
unti
l
integratio
n
occurs
,
man
y
o
f
th
e
alters
,
includin
g
th
e
"primary
"
personality
,
ar
e
totall
y
unawar
e
of wha
t
th
e
other
s
ar
e
doin
g
whe
n
i
n
contro
l
o
f
th
e
body.
Mari
a
wa
s
know
n
t
o
harbo
r
mor
e
tha
n
a
hundre
d
separat
e
an
d
distinc
t
personalities
,
mos
t
o
f
whom
rarel
y
mad
e
a
n
appearance
.
Otherwis
e
he
r
cas
e
i
s
typica
l
fo
r
thi
s
disorder
.
Sh
e
ha
d
bee
n
raped
innumerabl
e
time
s
b
y
he
r
father
,
startin
g
whe
n
sh
e
wa
s
barel
y
thre
e
year
s
old
.
He
r
devoutl
y
religious
mother
,
wh
o
cleane
d
a
doze
n
larg
e
office
s
a
t
night
,
neve
r
kne
w
abou
t
thes
e
violations
,
an
d
he
r
older
brother
s
ha
d
bee
n
threatene
d
int
o
silenc
e
unti
l
the
y
wer
e
ol
d
enoug
h
t
o
deman
d
som
e
o
f
th
e
"action
"
for themselves
.
Unde
r
suc
h
circumstance
s
lif
e
ca
n
becom
e
quit
e
unbearabl
e
an
d
th
e
desir
e
fo
r
escape
overwhelming.
A
prett
y
gir
l
wit
h
lon
g
blac
k
hai
r
tha
t
shine
s
lik
e
th
e
stars
,
Mari
a
cam
e
t
o
u
s
afte
r
she
,
a
s
Carmen,
ha
d
nearl
y
scratche
d
a
boy'
s
eye
s
ou
t
whe
n
h
e
trie
d
t
o
mak
e
advances
.
Unti
l
tha
t
inciden
t
sh
e
was
though
t
o
f
a
s
"quiet
"
an
d
"distant.
"
N
o
on
e
ha
s
touche
d
he
r
since
,
wit
h
th
e
possibl
e
exceptio
n
o
f
Russell,
who
,
o
f
course
,
refer
s
t
o
he
r
a
s
"Mother."
Bu
t
Mari
a
hersel
f
i
s
seldo
m
i
n
evidence
.
Mos
t
o
f
th
e
tim
e
on
e
o
f
th
e
other
s
i
s
i
n
charge
,
on
e
o
f
her
"defenders
"
o
r
"protectors.
"
Sometimes
,
whe
n
on
e
o
f
he
r
"persecutors
"
take
s
control
,
w
e
se
e
another
face
t
o
f
Maria
,
a
darke
r
side
.
On
e
o
f
these
,
wh
o
call
s
hersel
f
Carlotta
,
ha
s
trie
d
t
o
kil
l
Maria
,
and therefor
e
hersel
f
an
d
al
l
th
e
others
,
o
n
a
t
leas
t
tw
o
occasions
.
I
t
i
s
thi
s
constan
t
struggl
e
fo
r
contro
l
among
th
e
variou
s
identities
,
ofte
n
accompanie
d
b
y
anxiety
,
insomnia
,
an
d
ceaseles
s
headaches
,
tha
t
make
s
for
th
e
singula
r
horro
r
o
f
th
e
multipl
e
personalit
y
sufferer.
Chuc
k
though
t
al
l
o
f
Maria'
s
alter
s
stunk
.
Als
o
Russell
,
Mrs
.
Archer
,
Erni
e
an
d
Howie
,
an
d
even
harmles
s
littl
e
Bess
.
Th
e
entir
e
staff
,
includin
g
myself
,
stun
k
t
o
hig
h
heaven
.
T
o
hi
s
credi
t
h
e
admitte
d
that
he
,
himself
,
smelle
d
wors
e
tha
n
al
l
th
e
res
t
o
f
u
s
pu
t
together-"lik
e
a
gutwagon,
"
a
s
h
e
pu
t
it
.
Th
e
only
perso
n
i
n
th
e
entir
e
hospita
l
wh
o
di
d
no
t
stink
,
i
n
hi
s
opinion
,
wa
s
prot.