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Authors: Gene Brewer

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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,

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