The Hidden Knowledge #10

[Haight]

I'm a fan of the level of mind control that's happened to a couple of the girls, but it helps to have someone around who's more 'normal' to act as a sounding board.  Horrified-but-secretly-fascinated reactions on the part of the other women in the story is definitely hot.  In my mind, at least, that's how I imagine Janice's reaction to what happened to Marlissa and especially Lela.  Though it would be nice to have Daffyd alter the body of one of the women who wasn't in full mc-ed zombie mode. 

[Vidor]

I'm not a big fan of the drones, but it's not a dealbreaker--but I do hope Janice doesn't become a drone because Janice is an interesting character.  You can be a fully-done slave and not be a drone, as we have seen with Kayleigh.

Not sure what to make of the "spirit of the book" specter.  It pops up twice this week, and looks just as spooked as the flesh-and-blood people when Ghoul Man hands the book back to Daffyd.

Interesting that Kayleigh figures out that the book has changed Lela and Marli but hasn't figured out that something has happened to her.  Or has she?