Line #11 NightmareFuel/ThoseThatWake

Context NightmareFuel / ThoseThatWake

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1	* ''Everyone'' forgetting you. Doubles as ParanoiaFuel.
2	* Laura desperately pleading with her own parents, who don't recognize her and can't see her in photos and videos.
3	* Everything about Man in Suit, especially what he's made of and what he can do to people.
4	* The descriptions of those corrupted by hopelessness; they have dull, vacant eyes.
5	* Laura's description of her nightmare in the first book.
6	* 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.
7	-->"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."
8	* Man in Suit's lectures to the heroes at the end, which even terrify the characters.
9	-->"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."
10	* Mal's recurring nightmares of Man in Suit in the second book.
11	* The sequel taps into the loss of identity along with losing memories. Laura feels part of her is ''empty'' and has no idea why.
12	* 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.]]
13	* ''What We Become'' ramps up the terror factor with [[spoiler: the Old Man's ability to control people once he gets hold of the neuropleth, and his plan being to simply kill those he can't control]].
14	* ''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]].
15	* The Old Man [[spoiler: extracting the neuropleth from Rose by way of a kiss]].

Context NightmareFuel / ThoseThatWake