K-Pax (72 page)
bu
t
i
t
migh
t
hel
p
th
e
polic
e
trac
e
hi
s
origin
.
Strictl
y
speaking
,
i
t
wa
s
Pete'
s
identity
,
rathe
r
tha
n
prot's
,
that
w
e
neede
d
t
o
ascertain
.
An
y
informatio
n
w
e
coul
d
ge
t
abou
t
him
,
an
y
knowledg
e
o
f
thing
s
familia
r
to
him
,
migh
t
facilitat
e
m
y
persuadin
g
hi
m
t
o
com
e
out.
Al
l
thi
s
pu
t
prot'
s
"departur
e
date
"
int
o
a
n
entirel
y
ne
w
light
.
I
t
i
s
on
e
thin
g
fo
r
a
patien
t
t
o
announce
a
n
en
d
t
o
a
delusion
,
bu
t
quit
e
anothe
r
fo
r
a
dominan
t
alte
r
t
o
disappear
,
leavin
g
behin
d
a
hysteric
,
or
mayb
e
worse
.
I
f
pro
t
wer
e
t
o
leav
e
befor
e
I
coul
d
ge
t
t
o
Pete
,
i
t
migh
t
wel
l
preclud
e
m
y
eve
r
bein
g
able
t
o
hel
p
hi
m
a
t
all.
I
wondere
d
whethe
r
th
e
unhypnotize
d
pro
t
kne
w
anythin
g
abou
t
Pete
.
I
f
not
,
th
e
pla
n
woul
d
remain
a
s
before
:
t
o
brin
g
prot/Pet
e
slowl
y
an
d
carefully
,
unde
r
hypnosis
,
u
p
t
o
th
e
tim
e
o
f
th
e
traumati
c
event(s)
whic
h
precipitate
d
Pete'
s
dramati
c
withdrawa
l
fro
m
consciou
s
existence
.
Eve
n
i
f
h
e
di
d
kno
w
abou
t
Pete,
however
,
hypnosi
s
migh
t
stil
l
b
e
necessary
,
bot
h
t
o
facilitat
e
prot'
s
recollectio
n
an
d
t
o
mak
e
possible
direc
t
contac
t
wit
h
th
e
hos
t
personality.
Bu
t
ther
e
wa
s
a
dilemm
a
associate
d
wit
h
thi
s
approach
.
O
n
th
e
on
e
hand
,
I
neede
d
t
o
tal
k
t
o
Pet
e
as
soo
n
a
s
possible
.
O
n
th
e
other
,
forcin
g
hi
m
t
o
reliv
e
tha
t
terribl
e
momen
t
prematurel
y
coul
d
be
devastating
,
an
d
caus
e
hi
m
t
o
withdra
w
eve
n
furthe
r
int
o
hi
s
protectiv
e
shell.
GISELL
E
seeme
d
a
littl
e
les
s
cheerfu
l
tha
n
usua
l
th
e
followin
g
Monda
y
morning
.
"M
y
frien
d
dow
n
at
th
e
Sixt
h
Precinc
t
couldn'
t
fin
d
an
y
repor
t
o
f
a
missin
g
perso
n
wh
o
disappeare
d
fro
m
th
e
uppe
r
Wes
t
in
Augus
t
o
f
1985,
"
sh
e
said
,
consultin
g
a
littl
e
re
d
noteboo
k
muc
h
lik
e
th
e
on
e
pro
t
wa
s
fon
d
of.
"Somebod
y
kille
d
a
ma
n
an
d
the
n
himsel
f
i
n
a
littl
e
tow
n
i
n
Montan
a
o
n
th
e
sixteent
h
o
f
tha
t
month
,
an
d
in
Bois
e
o
n
th
e
eighteent
h
anothe
r
gu
y
ra
n
of
f
wit
h
hi
s
secretar
y
an
d
a
hundre
d
fift
y
thousan
d
dollar
s
o
f
his
company'
s
funds
.
Bu
t
you
r
gu
y
isn'
t
dead
,
an
d
th
e
on
e
wh
o
ra
n
of
f
wit
h
hi
s
secretar
y
i
s
stil
l
i
n
th
e
Idaho
Stat
e
Penitentiary
.
M
y
frien
d
i
s
expandin
g
th
e
searc
h
t
o
cove
r
Januar
y
throug
h
Jul
y
o
f
1985
,
an
d
the
n
all
o
f
th
e
Unite
d
State
s
an
d
Canada
.
I
t
wil
l
b
e
a
whil
e
befor
e
h
e
get
s
th
e
results.
"
I
als
o
kno
w
someon
e
i
n
th
e
Researc
h
Librar
y
a
t
Ne
w
Yor
k
Public
;
durin
g
he
r
break
s
she'
s
doing
som
e
searche
s
fo
r
m
e
fo
r
th
e
wee
k
o
f
Augus
t
seventeenth
.
Yo
u
know
,
newspape
r
report
s
o
f
anything
unusua
l
tha
t
migh
t
hav
e
happene
d
durin
g
tha
t
perio
d
i
n
Montana
,
Idaho
,
Washington
,
an
d
Oregon.
Nothin
g
ther
e
s
o
far
,
either.
"
Sh
e
close
d
th
e
littl
e
book
.
"O
f
course,
"
sh
e
added
,
"h
e
migh
t
hav
e
been
raise
d
i
n
th
e
Northwes
t
an
d
the
n
move
d
somewher
e
else...."