K-Pax (71 page)
Afte
r
Jense
n
an
d
Kowalsk
i
ha
d
escorte
d
hi
m
bac
k
t
o
th
e
ward
s
I
listene
d
t
o
th
e
tap
e
o
f
th
e
session
w
e
ha
d
jus
t
complete
d
and
,
wit
h
mountin
g
excitement
,
jotte
d
dow
n
m
y
conclusions
.
I
t
seeme
d
clea
r
to
m
e
tha
t
pro
t
wa
s
a
dominan
t
secondar
y
personalit
y
wh
o
ha
d
com
e
int
o
bein
g
a
s
a
resul
t
o
f
th
e
perhaps
unexpecte
d
deat
h
o
f
hi
s
alte
r
ego'
s
father
,
a
traum
a
whic
h
wa
s
obviousl
y
to
o
muc
h
fo
r
th
e
primary
personalit
y
t
o
bear
.
I
t
seeme
d
eviden
t
als
o
wh
y
h
e
(prot
)
ha
d
chose
n
a
n
alie
n
existence
:
hi
s
(their
)
father
ha
d
instigate
d
i
n
hi
m
a
n
interes
t
i
n
th
e
star
s
an
d
i
n
th
e
possibilit
y
o
f
extraterrestria
l
lif
e
occurrin
g
among them
,
an
d
thi
s
revelatio
n
ha
d
com
e
immediatel
y
prio
r
t
o
hi
s
father'
s
demise.
Bu
t
thi
s
di
d
no
t
accoun
t
fo
r
th
e
extraordinar
y
dominanc
e
o
f
pro
t
ove
r
th
e
primar
y
personality
.
I
t
i
s
the
secondar
y
identit
y
wh
o
ordinaril
y
remain
s
i
n
th
e
background
,
watching
,
waitin
g
t
o
tak
e
ove
r
whe
n
the
hos
t
personalit
y
run
s
int
o
difficulty
.
M
y
gues
s
wa
s
tha
t
som
e
fa
r
mor
e
traumati
c
even
t
mus
t
hav
e
drawn
th
e
primar
y
-
-
let'
s
cal
l
hi
m
Pet
e
-
-
int
o
a
thick
,
protectiv
e
shell
,
fro
m
whic
h
h
e
rarely
,
i
f
ever
,
ventured.
An
d
I
wa
s
mor
e
certai
n
tha
n
eve
r
tha
t
thi
s
terribl
e
incident
,
whateve
r
i
t
was
,
occurre
d
o
n
Augus
t
17,
1985
,
th
e
dat
e
o
f
prot'
s
mos
t
recen
t
"arrival
"
o
n
Earth
.
O
r
perhap
s
a
da
y
o
r
tw
o
earlier
,
i
f
i
t
ha
d
take
n
a
whil
e
fo
r
Pet
e
t
o
"call
"
prot
,
o
r
fo
r
hi
m
t
o
respond.
Wh
y
di
d
I
no
t
suspec
t
tha
t
pro
t
wa
s
a
secondar
y
personalit
y
earlie
r
on
?
MP
D
i
s
no
t
a
n
easy
diagnosi
s
unde
r
th
e
bes
t
o
f
circumstances
,
an
d
pro
t
neve
r
showe
d
an
y
o
f
th
e
symptom
s
usually
associate
d
wit
h
thi
s
disorder
:
headaches
,
moo
d
changes
,
frequen
t
memor
y
lapses
,
depression
.
Except,
possibly
,
fo
r
hi
s
outburst
s
o
f
ange
r
i
n
session
s
si
x
an
d
eight
,
an
d
th
e
episod
e
o
f
pani
c
o
n
th
e
Fourt
h
of
July
,
th
e
hos
t
personalit
y
(Pete
)
ha
d
neve
r
mad
e
hi
s
presenc
e
felt
.
Finally
,
I
wa
s
completel
y
throw
n
of
f
by
hi
s
othe
r
aberran
t
traits-
a
dominan
t
secondar
y
personalit
y
wh
o
i
s
himsel
f
delusional
,
an
d
a
savan
t
as
well-th
e
odd
s
agains
t
suc
h
a
phenomeno
n
mus
t
b
e
astronomical!
Bu
t
wh
o
wa
s
Pete
,
th
e
primar
y
personality
?
Apparentl
y
h
e
wa
s
i
n
ther
e
somewhere
,
livin
g
th
e
lif
e
of
a
reclus
e
i
n
hi
s
ow
n
body
,
refusin
g
t
o
divulg
e
hi
s
nam
e
o
r
muc
h
o
f
hi
s
background
,
excep
t
tha
t
h
e
was
bor
n
i
n
1957
,
apparently
,
t
o
a
slaughterhous
e
worke
r
wh
o
die
d
i
n
1963
,
perhap
s
somewher
e
i
n
the
northwester
n
par
t
o
f
th
e
Unite
d
States
,
an
d
h
e
ha
d
a
mothe
r
an
d
tw
o
olde
r
sisters
.
No
t
muc
h
t
o
g
o
on,