D: “Describe to me what it feels like to be possessed by Ruth.” P: “It’s like swallowing something sharp and slightly salty. I need to submit to her, because if I don’t, she won’t go down easily. She’ll bruise and scratch me, though not on purpose. Once I’ve swallowed her, she grows bigger and bigger inside me. It’s like a fever of the brain then, no longer cold but warm and rich as blood. Ruth moves me, speaks for me, and I know it is happening, and it’s still my body, but it isn’t me doing it.”
