[Still disoriented from the latest assault on his mind, Slugger finally registers a woman's voice and peers up at her from the ground with wild, frightened eyes.

He thought he could get used to it the more he let it happen, but the "reality" of each memory only seems to get stronger. The pain of being stricken -- the pain his victims had felt -- is more and more real each time.

One hand pressed to the side of his head, he looks as though he's about to jump up and run away, but instead he just looks at her and shivers.]