In that tremendous flash of freedom, on my way to do The Thing for the first time, sanctioned by Almighty Harry, I receded, faded back into the scenery of my own dark self, whole the other me crouched and growled. I would do It at last, do what I had been created to do. And I did.

It revealed a cruelty that really made one wonder if the universe was such a good idea after all.

And what did you do last night, Dexter? Oh, I played with my dolls while a friend chopped up my sister.

I did not like this feeling of having feelings.

That's why I liked him, I think. Another guy pretending to be human, just like me.

A man can take only so much. Even a phony man like me.

been there done that, bought the t-shirt" Chapter 2