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Xander’s Win
Xander cringed. After witnessing his a***e of Ember in the middle school memory Purge, the counselor insisted he come back yet again to talk about other experiences nearly identical to that one. Winslow assured him each confession and visual experience would completely rehabilitate him.
Xander shook his head, trying to rid himself of the many memories he’d viewed with the counselor. Winslow insisted that wanting to be in control was a weakness—but isn’t that what Tranquility was all about—control? In every episode where he sought command over another, Xander was pushed, prodded, and exhorted to remember, confess, and analyze. It all pointed to the same conclusion. Xander was dysfunctional; he couldn’t be happy unless he had the upper hand—the influence, the authority.
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