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-->''"I was in an apartment," he said. "Something was smashing down the door, but I wouldn't let it in. If it had just knocked"--he looked queerly at the idea of it--"I might have just let it in. But it was trying to smash the door down, and I wouldn't let it."''

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-->''"I -->"I was in an apartment," he said. "Something was smashing down the door, but I wouldn't let it in. If it had just knocked"--he looked queerly at the idea of it--"I might have just let it in. But it was trying to smash the door down, and I wouldn't let it."''"
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* The Old Man [[spoiler: extracting the neuropleth from Rose]].

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* The Old Man [[spoiler: extracting the neuropleth from Rose]].Rose by way of a kiss]].
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* Laura's description of her nightmare in the first book.


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* Mal's recurring nightmares of Man in Suit in the second book.
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-->''"I was in an apartment," he said. "Something was smashing down the door, but I wouldn't let it in. If it had just knocked"--he looked queerly at the idea of it--"I might have just let it in. But it was trying to smash the door down, and I wouldn't let it."''

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* The sequel taps into the loss of identity along with losing memories. Laura feels part of her is ''empty'' and has no idea why.



* The sequel taps into the loss of identity that goes with losing memories. Laura feels part of her is ''empty'' and has no idea why.

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* ''What We Become'' ramps up the terror factor with [[spoiler: the Old Man's ability to control people, and his plan being to simply kill those he can't control]].

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* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. And then it turns out that [[spoiler:Mal had Remak rob her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests. She outright compares it to rape.]]
* ''What We Become'' ramps up the terror factor with [[spoiler: the Old Man's ability to control people, people once he gets hold of the neuropleth, and his plan being to simply kill those he can't control]].



* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. And then it turns out that [[spoiler:Mal had Remak rob her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests. She outright compares it to rape.]]

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* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. And then it turns out that [[spoiler:Mal had Remak rob her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests. She outright compares it to rape.]]

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* The sequel taps into the loss of identity that goes with losing memories. Laura feels part of her is ''empty'' and has no idea why.
* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. And then it turns out that [[spoiler:Mal had Remak rob her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests. She outright compares it to rape.]]]]
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* ''What We Become'' ramps up the terror factor with [[spoiler: The Old Man's ability to control people, and his plan being to simply kill those he can't control]].

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* ''What We Become'' ramps up the terror factor with [[spoiler: The the Old Man's ability to control people, and his plan being to simply kill those he can't control]].
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* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. [[spoiler: And then it turns out that Remak and Mal robbed her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests]]. She outright compares it to MindRape.

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* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. [[spoiler: And then it turns out that [[spoiler:Mal had Remak and Mal robbed rob her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests]]. interests. She outright compares it to MindRape.rape.]]
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* Laura desperately pleading with her own parents, who don't recognize her and can't see her in photos and videos.
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* ''What We Become'' also has Rose, who takes ClingyJealousGirl to horrifying levels when she tries to [[spoiler: replace Mal's memories of Laura with herself]].

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* ''What We Become'' also has Rose, who takes ClingyJealousGirl to horrifying levels when she tries to [[spoiler: replace [[spoiler:replace Mal's memories of Laura with herself]].
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* The Old Man [[spoiler: extracting the neuropleth from Rose]].
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* ''Everyone'' forgetting you. Doubles as ParanoiaFuel.
* Everything about Man in Suit, especially what he's made of and what he can do to people.
* The descriptions of those corrupted by hopelessness; they have dull, vacant eyes.
* The advance reading copy has a line deleted from the retail copy where Mal reflects on how, in his dream, if the force at the door had just knocked he might have let it in.
* Man in Suit's lectures to the heroes at the end, which even terrify the characters.
-->"In this building, you are deep inside me," Man in Suit said, "and I am deep inside you. I can see what you think, own you a little bit, even if I can not have you completely. Yet."
* ''What We Become'' ramps up the terror factor with [[spoiler: The Old Man's ability to control people, and his plan being to simply kill those he can't control]].
* ''What We Become'' also has Rose, who takes ClingyJealousGirl to horrifying levels when she tries to [[spoiler: replace Mal's memories of Laura with herself]].
* What happens to Laura in ''What We Become''; she seemingly has her old life back, with no memories of the events or people from ''Those That Wake''. [[spoiler: And then it turns out that Remak and Mal robbed her of them, mistakenly believing it was for her best interests]]. She outright compares it to MindRape.

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