“You’re wondering,” she said, “what other purpose someone like me serves. I am also the safety mechanism between Catherine and the Big Three, the means by which Catherine siphons her anger off so that she operates in the world without killing anyone. If wishes were deeds, Stanley, there wouldn’t be a living soul within a hundred miles of Catherine.” She told him how the rage was siphoned off. Even with the change already taking place, she managed, hurling one word after the other. “I’m a filtering process,” she said. “Catherine feels the rage; it’s red-hot. By the time it’s filtered through
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