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* The '''entire''' flashback showcasing Harry's first fight with [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant He Who Walks Behind]]. As it turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, [[BeyondTheImpossible and it]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible still]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible came up behind him]], lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], and you'll have a bit of an idea.
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* The '''entire''' flashback showcasing Harry's first fight with [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant He Who Walks Behind]]. As it turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is that’s ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, [[BeyondTheImpossible and it]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible still]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible came up behind him]], lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], and you'll have a bit of an idea.
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* [[invoked]] In a mix of both this and TearJerker, what Molly [[PowerBornOfMadness pretended to become]] after the end of ''Changes'', [[PowerBornOfMadness and]] [[MindRape what]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant she]] ''[[AdultFear actually]]'' [[AdultFear becomes]] by the time of the book.
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* [[invoked]] In a mix of both this and TearJerker, what Molly [[PowerBornOfMadness pretended to become]] after the end of ''Changes'', [[PowerBornOfMadness and]] [[MindRape what]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant she]] ''[[AdultFear actually]]'' [[AdultFear becomes]] ''actually'' becomes by the time of the book.
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* ''He Who friggin' Walks Behind''. During a flashback, we finally learn the details of Harry's first encounter with it. Turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. 16-year-old Harry first sees it reflected in an arcade machine in a gas station; he turns around to look and sees nothing, but when he turns back, it's now standing two feet closer. And ''smiling''. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, and it ''still'' came up behind him, lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], and you'll have a bit of an idea.
** Not to mention what Harry feels when looking at He Who Walks Behind. That descriptive monologue would have done Creator/HPLovecraft proud.
** Also, now we know ''exactly'' why Harry had such a BrownNote reaction in ''Blood Rites'' when he found out that He Who Walks Behind was the one behind the entropy curse.
** Not to mention what Harry feels when looking at He Who Walks Behind. That descriptive monologue would have done Creator/HPLovecraft proud.
** Also, now we know ''exactly'' why Harry had such a BrownNote reaction in ''Blood Rites'' when he found out that He Who Walks Behind was the one behind the entropy curse.
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* ''He Who friggin' Walks Behind''. During a flashback, we finally learn the details of The '''entire''' flashback showcasing Harry's first encounter fight with it. Turns [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant He Who Walks Behind]]. As it turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. 16-year-old Harry first sees it reflected in an arcade machine in a gas station; he turns around to look and sees nothing, but when he turns back, it's now standing two feet closer. And ''smiling''.surface. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, [[BeyondTheImpossible and it ''still'' it]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible still]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible came up behind him, him]], lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], and you'll have a bit of an idea.
** Special mention should be given to when Harry first "sees" the Outsider come inside the gas station:
--->I took two slow steps towards the video game console, staring at its screen. I didn't pay attention to the animated spaceship or the asteroids or the giant, disembodied skull flying around. I didn't care about the flickers of static that washed across the screen as I got closer, something inside its computer reacting to my presence. No. I paid attention to the glass screen and to the reflection of the store that shone dimly upon it.\\
I identified my outline on it, long and thin. I could see the vague outlines of the store as more shadowy shapes - aisles and end caps, the counter and the door.\\
[[WhamLine And the Thing standing just inside the door]].\\
[[BodyHorror It was huge. I mean, it was taller and broader than the door was. It was more or less humanoid. The proportions were wrong. The shoulders too wide, the legs crooked and too thick. It was covered in fur or scales or some scabrous, fungal amalgamation of both]]. And its eyes were empty, angled pits [[GlowingEyesOfDoom of dim violent light]].\\
[[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse I felt my hands begin to shake. Tremble. Actually, they became absolutely spastic. The paper bag around my hands made a steady rattling sound]]. [[EldritchAbomination There was a creature from another world]] standing behind me. I could feel it, no more than seven or eight feet away from me, every bit as real as Stan the stoned cashier, to every sense but my sight. It took a real effort to move my head enough to cast a single, hurried glance over my shoulder.\\
Nothing. Stan was shoveling various bills into a bag. The store was otherwise empty. The door hadn't opened since I had come through it. There was a bell on it. It would have rung had it opened. I looked back at the reflection of the store in the video game console in front of me.\\
[[OffscreenTeleportation The Thing was two feet closer]].\\
And it was ''[[SlasherSmile smiling]]''.
** Not to mentionwhat Harry feels when looking at He Who Walks Behind. That descriptive monologue would have done Creator/HPLovecraft proud.
** Also, nowwe know ''exactly'' why Harry had such a BrownNote reaction in ''Blood Rites'' when he found out that He Who Walks Behind was the one behind the entropy curse.
** Special mention should be given to when Harry first "sees" the Outsider come inside the gas station:
--->I took two slow steps towards the video game console, staring at its screen. I didn't pay attention to the animated spaceship or the asteroids or the giant, disembodied skull flying around. I didn't care about the flickers of static that washed across the screen as I got closer, something inside its computer reacting to my presence. No. I paid attention to the glass screen and to the reflection of the store that shone dimly upon it.\\
I identified my outline on it, long and thin. I could see the vague outlines of the store as more shadowy shapes - aisles and end caps, the counter and the door.\\
[[WhamLine And the Thing standing just inside the door]].\\
[[BodyHorror It was huge. I mean, it was taller and broader than the door was. It was more or less humanoid. The proportions were wrong. The shoulders too wide, the legs crooked and too thick. It was covered in fur or scales or some scabrous, fungal amalgamation of both]]. And its eyes were empty, angled pits [[GlowingEyesOfDoom of dim violent light]].\\
[[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse I felt my hands begin to shake. Tremble. Actually, they became absolutely spastic. The paper bag around my hands made a steady rattling sound]]. [[EldritchAbomination There was a creature from another world]] standing behind me. I could feel it, no more than seven or eight feet away from me, every bit as real as Stan the stoned cashier, to every sense but my sight. It took a real effort to move my head enough to cast a single, hurried glance over my shoulder.\\
Nothing. Stan was shoveling various bills into a bag. The store was otherwise empty. The door hadn't opened since I had come through it. There was a bell on it. It would have rung had it opened. I looked back at the reflection of the store in the video game console in front of me.\\
[[OffscreenTeleportation The Thing was two feet closer]].\\
And it was ''[[SlasherSmile smiling]]''.
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* What [[spoiler: Molly]] [[PowerBornOfMadness pretended to become]] after the end of Changes, [[PowerBornOfMadness and]] [[MindRape what]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant she]] [[AdultFear actually becomes]] by the time of the book.
** The worst part of it wasn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: set up small illusions that would end with people killing each other]]. The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Literature/ProvenGuilty casefile]].
** The worst part of it wasn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: set up small illusions that would end with people killing each other]]. The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Literature/ProvenGuilty casefile]].
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* What [[spoiler: Molly]] [[invoked]] In a mix of both this and TearJerker, what Molly [[PowerBornOfMadness pretended to become]] after the end of Changes, ''Changes'', [[PowerBornOfMadness and]] [[MindRape what]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant she]] ''[[AdultFear actually]]'' [[AdultFear actually becomes]] by the time of the book.
**The worst Easily the most chilling part of it wasn't her talking to Harry about what she can do isn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described ''describes'' it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: set up small illusions that would end with people killing each other]]. other. The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Literature/ProvenGuilty casefile]].''Literature/ProvenGuilty''.
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-->'''Will:''' I've got a picture in my head of being dragged off into the Nevernever by monsters that I ''still'' can't get rid of. When she gave it to me, all I could do was curl up into a ball and scream.
** That one's even worse if you consider that ''she probably didn't make the picture up''. It's exactly what happened to Molly herself in ''Proven Guilty'', so it's most likely her own memory of the fetches that she "gave" Will, not an invented image.
** That one's even worse if you consider that ''she probably didn't make the picture up''. It's exactly what happened to Molly herself in ''Proven Guilty'', so it's most likely her own memory of the fetches that she "gave" Will, not an invented image.
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lasciel or even Lucifer himself, lying to him]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lasciel or even Lucifer himself, lying to him]]. Its It shows why such beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lucifer himself, lying to him]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lasciel or even Lucifer himself, lying to him]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lucifer himself]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lucifer himself]].himself, lying to him]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* Harry accidentally makes [[spoiler:Uriel]] mad. The only direct consequence is a scolding, but it also reminds Harry that this is someone with power far beyond anything Harry's capable of, and his dialogue implies that humans are constantly trying his patience.
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* Harry accidentally makes [[spoiler:Uriel]] mad. The only direct consequence is a scolding, but it also reminds Harry that this is someone with power far beyond anything Harry's capable of, and his dialogue implies that humans are constantly trying his patience.patience.
* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lucifer himself]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
* TheReveal that [[spoiler: Harry was DrivenToSuicide by a Fallen Angel, possibly Lucifer himself]]. Its shows why beings have proportionately restrictive rules to their power. They can bring about untold damage with just words and timing.
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* This one in only nightmarish in hindsight, after reading Cold Days, but when [[spoiler: Uriel tells Harry, "Lies. Mab cannot change who you are"]] he implies that [[spoiler: ''Mab can lie''.]] It may just be sloppy writing, but if it is a Chekov's gun, then in light of Cold Days it should be utterly ''terrifying.''
** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.
** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. With her experience, she truly believes [[spoiler: that one day, she can bend Harry to her will,]] so in her mind she is telling the truth. [[spoiler: Uriel says "Lies"]] not because Mab is literally lying, but because she's ''wrong''; therefore what she's saying is false.
** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.
** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. With her experience, she truly believes [[spoiler: that one day, she can bend Harry to her will,]] so in her mind she is telling the truth. [[spoiler: Uriel says "Lies"]] not because Mab is literally lying, but because she's ''wrong''; therefore what she's saying is false.
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* This one in Harry accidentally makes [[spoiler:Uriel]] mad. The only nightmarish in hindsight, after reading Cold Days, direct consequence is a scolding, but when [[spoiler: Uriel tells Harry, "Lies. Mab cannot change who you are"]] he it also reminds Harry that this is someone with power far beyond anything Harry's capable of, and his dialogue implies that [[spoiler: ''Mab can lie''.]] It may just be sloppy writing, but if it is a Chekov's gun, then in light of Cold Days it should be utterly ''terrifying.''
** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess withhumans are constantly trying his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.
** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. With her experience, she truly believes [[spoiler: that one day, she can bend Harry to her will,]] so in her mind she is telling the truth. [[spoiler: Uriel says "Lies"]] not because Mab is literally lying, but because she's ''wrong''; therefore what she's saying is false.patience.
** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with
** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. With her experience, she truly believes [[spoiler: that one day, she can bend Harry to her will,]] so in her mind she is telling the truth. [[spoiler: Uriel says "Lies"]] not because Mab is literally lying, but because she's ''wrong''; therefore what she's saying is false.
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* ''He Who friggin' Walks Behind''. During a flashback, we finally learn the details of Harry's first encounter with it. Turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. 16-year-old Harry first sees it reflected in an arcade machine in a gas station; he turns around to look and sees nothing, but when he turns back, it's now standing two feet closer. And ''smiling''. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, and it ''still'' came up behind him, lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and SlenderMan, and you'll have a bit of an idea.
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* ''He Who friggin' Walks Behind''. During a flashback, we finally learn the details of Harry's first encounter with it. Turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. 16-year-old Harry first sees it reflected in an arcade machine in a gas station; he turns around to look and sees nothing, but when he turns back, it's now standing two feet closer. And ''smiling''. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, and it ''still'' came up behind him, lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and SlenderMan, [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]], and you'll have a bit of an idea.
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** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. Mab ''can'' be wrong. If she truly believed that "two plus two is five", then she can say it with no problems.
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** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. Mab ''can'' be wrong. If With her experience, she truly believed believes [[spoiler: that "two plus two is five", then one day, she can say it with no problems.bend Harry to her will,]] so in her mind she is telling the truth. [[spoiler: Uriel says "Lies"]] not because Mab is literally lying, but because she's ''wrong''; therefore what she's saying is false.
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** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.
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** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.outright.
** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. Mab ''can'' be wrong. If she truly believed that "two plus two is five", then she can say it with no problems.
** I think Uriel explains it in a later book. Mab says what ''she believes'' is true. Mab ''can'' be wrong. If she truly believed that "two plus two is five", then she can say it with no problems.
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* This one in only nightmarish in hindsight, after reading Cold Days, but when [[spoiler: Uriel tells Harry, "Lies. Mab cannot change who you are"]] he implies that [[spoiler: ''Mab can lie''.]] It may just be sloppy writing, but if it is a Chekov's gun, then in light of Cold Days it should be utterly ''terrifying.''
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* This one in only nightmarish in hindsight, after reading Cold Days, but when [[spoiler: Uriel tells Harry, "Lies. Mab cannot change who you are"]] he implies that [[spoiler: ''Mab can lie''.]] It may just be sloppy writing, but if it is a Chekov's gun, then in light of Cold Days it should be utterly ''terrifying.''''
** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.
** All the Sidhe can lie in that manner. They can't deliberately speak a falsehood, but they're still masters of deception and misleading truths. A lie of omission isn't a problem -- that's why asking questions of a Sidhe is so dangerous. Everything Mab ''says'' is true. (Harry even confirms as much -- that she can make him do things, mess with his head, or alter his memories -- and he can't prevent her, he can only be a huge pain after he figures it out.) But she never says it'll be easy, or predictable work to shape him, or that she can change him outright.
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* Harry's eventual fate if he failed to find his [[spoiler: killer]]: to watch from the shadows as the people he cared about lived and died, [[AndIMustScream and be powerless to do anything.]] [[spoiler: That he's running around in his immortal soul during this only makes it worse.]]
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* Harry's eventual fate if he failed to find his [[spoiler: killer]]: to watch from the shadows as the people he cared about lived and died, [[AndIMustScream and be powerless to do anything.]] [[spoiler: That he's running around in his immortal soul during this only makes it worse.]]]]
* This one in only nightmarish in hindsight, after reading Cold Days, but when [[spoiler: Uriel tells Harry, "Lies. Mab cannot change who you are"]] he implies that [[spoiler: ''Mab can lie''.]] It may just be sloppy writing, but if it is a Chekov's gun, then in light of Cold Days it should be utterly ''terrifying.''
* This one in only nightmarish in hindsight, after reading Cold Days, but when [[spoiler: Uriel tells Harry, "Lies. Mab cannot change who you are"]] he implies that [[spoiler: ''Mab can lie''.]] It may just be sloppy writing, but if it is a Chekov's gun, then in light of Cold Days it should be utterly ''terrifying.''
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** That one's even worse if you consider that ''she probably didn't make that one up''. It's exactly what happened to Molly herself in ''Proven Guilty'', so it's most likely her own memory of the fetches that she "gave" Will, not an invented image.
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** That one's even worse if you consider that ''she probably didn't make that one the picture up''. It's exactly what happened to Molly herself in ''Proven Guilty'', so it's most likely her own memory of the fetches that she "gave" Will, not an invented image.
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** That one's even worse if you consider that ''she probably didn't make that one up''. It's exactly what happened to Molly herself in ''Proven Guilty'', so it's most likely her own memory of the fetches that she "gave" Will, not an invented image.
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** And when you consider everything that Harry's described in previous books, it's cringe-worthy to imagine what he didn't want to tell us.
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** The worst part of it wasn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: setup small illusions that would end with people killing each other.]] The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Proven Guilty casefile.]]
** And Will describing the results of the intervention
-->'''Will:'''' "I've got a picture in my head of being dragged off into the Nevernever by monsters that I ''still'' can't get rid of. When she gave it to me, all I could do was curl up into a ball and scream."
** And Will describing the results of the intervention
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** The worst part of it wasn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: setup set up small illusions that would end with people killing each other.]] other]]. The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Proven Guilty casefile.]]
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-->'''Will:''' I've got a picture in my head of being dragged off into the Nevernever by monsters that I ''still'' can't get rid of. When she gave it to me, all I could do was curl up into a ball and scream."
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'''Will:'''' "I've got a picture in my head of being dragged off into the Nevernever by monsters that I ''still'' can't get rid of. When she gave it to me, all I could do was curl up into a ball and scream."
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* During Harry's [[spoiler:invasion of the BigBad's fortress from the Nevernever side]], he unleashes the ghosts of killers on the enemy forces. Harry Dresden describes the scene as fresh scenes for his nightmares. He only describes the least disturbing sequence from the resulting [[CurbStompBattle slaughter]], and leaves the rest up to the reader's imagination. It's bad enough.
* ''He Who friggin' Walks Behind''. During a flashback, we finally learn the details of Harry's first encounter with it. Turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. 16-year-old Harry first sees it reflected in an arcade machine in a gas station; he turns around to look and sees nothing, but when he turns back, it's now standing two feet closer. And ''smiling''. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, and it ''still'' came up behind him, lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and SlenderMan, and you'll have a bit of an idea.
** Not to mention what Harry feels when looking at He Who Walks Behind. That descriptive monologue would have done Creator/HPLovecraft proud.
** Also, now we know ''exactly'' why Harry had such a BrownNote reaction in ''Blood Rites'' when he found out that He Who Walks Behind was the one behind the entropy curse.
** Harry asked for the creature's name. ''[[BrownNote He got it]]''.
* What [[spoiler: Molly]] [[PowerBornOfMadness pretended to become]] after the end of Changes, [[PowerBornOfMadness and]] [[MindRape what]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant she]] [[AdultFear actually becomes]] by the time of the book.
** The worst part of it wasn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: setup small illusions that would end with people killing each other.]] The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Proven Guilty casefile.]]
* ''He Who friggin' Walks Behind''. During a flashback, we finally learn the details of Harry's first encounter with it. Turns out it's a huge, incredibly strong and even more sadistic monstrosity that is ''always behind you, no matter where you turn'', so the only way you can see it is in a mirror or other reflective surface. 16-year-old Harry first sees it reflected in an arcade machine in a gas station; he turns around to look and sees nothing, but when he turns back, it's now standing two feet closer. And ''smiling''. Shortly afterward, it tore a person in three pieces with no effort at all. And no, you can't just stand with your back to the wall; Harry tried that, and it ''still'' came up behind him, lifted him by the neck with a tentacle, and threw him across the room. Think equal parts Shagnasty and SlenderMan, and you'll have a bit of an idea.
** Not to mention what Harry feels when looking at He Who Walks Behind. That descriptive monologue would have done Creator/HPLovecraft proud.
** Also, now we know ''exactly'' why Harry had such a BrownNote reaction in ''Blood Rites'' when he found out that He Who Walks Behind was the one behind the entropy curse.
** Harry asked for the creature's name. ''[[BrownNote He got it]]''.
* What [[spoiler: Molly]] [[PowerBornOfMadness pretended to become]] after the end of Changes, [[PowerBornOfMadness and]] [[MindRape what]] [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant she]] [[AdultFear actually becomes]] by the time of the book.
** The worst part of it wasn't seeing her in action so much as the way she described it. That it was ''easy'' to [[spoiler: setup small illusions that would end with people killing each other.]] The same way [[spoiler: it was ''easy'' to help Rosie and Nelson way back during the Proven Guilty casefile.]]
