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Paul felt a little strange going back to the alley where he had been attacked by Kolek and his cronies. It brought back bad memories of the confrontation and especially the feeling of helplessness that he had experienced. He’d felt distant that night, unable to defend himself – it was almost as if he had been experiencing the assault third-hand. Now he was walking back into the lion’s den and reliving the incident but with far greater intensity. He could almost physically feel himself being shoved around, and then the wrenching of his eyes from their sockets. It was a very unpleasant feeling.
But something good had come out of that night too. Of course, it had been sheer luck that Philip had happened to be in just the right place at just the right time, but that event had changed Paul
