Henry lapsed into thoughtspeak—it was easier. Duddits changed us—being with Duddits changed us. When Jonesy got hit by that car in Cambridge, it changed him again. The brainwaves of people who undergo near-death experiences often change, I saw a Lancet article on that just last year. For Jonesy it must mean this Mr. Gray can use him without infecting him or wearing him out. And it’s also enabled him to keep from being subsumed, at least so far.