[Of course, it always goes back to Flagg. Everything she is, it all goes right back to him.]
He could do that. Influence people, make them give into dark impulses and all those little nasty thoughts we have but never intend to act on. And just generally make them do what he wanted.
[It didn't always work on everyone, she knows that much. But it worked on plenty. Nadine has the feeling it's a power he used very often, and was greatly skilled in. She doesn't even know how much he'd worked it on her, just that he surely had. She can tell by it's absence, how different things looked once he'd gone.
But it hadn't all been his influence. Plenty of it had been her choices.]
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[Of course, it always goes back to Flagg. Everything she is, it all goes right back to him.]
He could do that. Influence people, make them give into dark impulses and all those little nasty thoughts we have but never intend to act on. And just generally make them do what he wanted.
[It didn't always work on everyone, she knows that much. But it worked on plenty. Nadine has the feeling it's a power he used very often, and was greatly skilled in. She doesn't even know how much he'd worked it on her, just that he surely had. She can tell by it's absence, how different things looked once he'd gone.
But it hadn't all been his influence. Plenty of it had been her choices.]