But we're quite good at disappearing into shadows." We? I thought you were a Stasi agent." Yes I was, and I hate that you hate me for that. But I'm no... anymore. That little unpleasant stint has ended." Unpleasant?" Horrible?" he suggested and Gretchen nodded. "I can't claim I didn't bring horrors to a few of your comrades, and I can't excuse myself for such cruelty. All I can say is that nearly all of my captors deserved their fate." All of them did, Wolf," said Kat. "Tell her." She'll think. " I haven't broken off any discussions, Dad. There is a big difference between me not agreeing to something and breaking off discussions. I've told Joyce, and I've told Emily and Brenda both, that I can't go along with what they all say they want. It won't work. I know it won't work, because we've tried it before and it didn't work then. I haven't stopped looking for a way that will work, but I haven't come up with anything that I think might work yet." I've set it up for all of us to go out to. I suppose you know theTwist can lead to personality changes and compulsive behaviors. Did younotice anything like that?"Matt thought about the night spent with a stuffed animal in her arms andsuddenly flushed."Come on, do not be afraid to speak. You're not the first Twisted patientI've dealt with. After all, I worked for ten years in Spiral before cominghere." I know. And I remember how Steve was affected by his Twist."Matt paused, then continued, looking at her feet."For a start, I can't help. I loved football so I joined the team. I played quarterback we had a nine game win streak going on with the end of the season right around the corner; I was like a superstar at the school and around town. I had girls at the school throwing themselves on me. Kathy and Abby would always run any girl that got too close to me away. On my way to homeroom this chick named Aaron slipped a note into my locker, it read that if the team had a perfect season I could do anything with her that I wanted to.