The lift woke into life and McEwan stole a glance at Kate who seemed to have entered one of her states. She appeared to be staring into a far-off place a determined look on her face, jaw clenched, as though she was coping with a great deal of internal pain. He had been associating it with the conflict with whatever she had awoken inside her. Now he was beginning to wonder if it was a more human and down to earth problem than that.
Her spark of anger had left Kate exposed. She had difficulty keeping It under control. It always wanted to experience things and strong emotion seemed to draw It out like a bruise from a sprain. It nagged her, taunted her and worse tried to seduce her into getting what It wanted. It used her own voice against her. She called It "It" to try and distance herself f
