What kind of loser goes along with something like that without demanding answers?” “A boy who’s been bullied and manipulated his entire life. That’s how verbal abuse works. It drains you bit by bit, until there’s not enough energy left to keep fighting.” “Yeah, well, I also knew she was erasing the memory—did you catch that at the end? I was nine when that happened. I definitely knew what Washers were by then. I knew what was going to happen. And I didn’t stop it because I wanted to forget. I chose to be oblivious.”
