Day 59: Intercom, Evening

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As the day began drawing to a close, the intercom flickered to life. Instead of Harrington's voice, however, Berg's calm tone filtered through the speakers.

"Attention all personnel: please escort subjects to their quarters for the duration of dinner shift. After that, you are expected to report to your stations -- no exceptions. Anyone caught away from his or her post without direct orders will have to personally answer to the general."

An odd tension hung in the air, but Berg didn't say anything more than that. Once the intercom clicked off, soldiers began to gather up the patients and bring them to their rooms. Most didn't know why Harrington wasn't handling the announcements, or why Berg sounded particularly serious this evening, though no one would admit that to the subjects themselves.

The few who did know had more pressing matters to contend with.

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Re: M14

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Javert pondered the question for a moment. One never heard anything definite, but there was the occasional remark on the bulletin board, a telling word or two--suggestions that the brainwashing could be got at, if not entirely overcome.

"It isn't out of the question," he allowed at last. "I have never heard of anyone breaking out of it completely, but there have been instances where someone who was particularly close to the brainwashed patient succeeded in restoring his senses for at least a short period of time."

[tasteoftruth.livejournal.com]

"Huh." So then it was possible to be broken...which meant that if Badd had been stronger, he could have resisted that pull. Badd considered the matter, sucking on his spoon with a foul expression. "If someone had enough will, then...if they were doing something they were stalwart against, they might be able to stop the effects?"

Funny how Javert hadn't asked where he'd gone last night. Perhaps he'd been here so long that he didn't need to ask.

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"In a way. From what I know, the patients are made to believe that what they are doing is right. As far as I can tell, they have only been known to resist that training when confronted by someone they knew particularly well in their own world."

The sudden interest in Special Counseling was, as far as he was concerned, unsurprising. Badd's note on the bulletin board hadn't escaped him--but he supposed it was better to approach the subject indirectly. His roommate had probably had enough to deal with over the last few days.