Resonance

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  The Ys stayed in their TSA, brainwashing Jessica, for six days. This meant that Shep and I stayed there too—we couldn't be pulled out except when the Ys were in a real world. And it was just as awful and tedious as we had thought it might be—worse, in fact, because we could see that what they were doing to Jessica was working.

  She now answered to Daisy. She said, "I want my daddy," instead of "I want my mommy." And she held his picture a lot and kissed it and asked to watch the DVD again and again.

  If we get her away from them, will she ever be all right—normal again? I asked.

  No clue. Doesn't seem likely, Shep answered.

  It sucked. Big time.