What's happening? Why can't I-
'You don't need to think or dream or even worry anymore, Jake Goodwin. You need only process whatever I tell you; if you don't, you'll die like the others. Remember, you would be just as much use to me as a corpse.'
Nightmouth's voice wouldn't stop ringing in my head, his will was clear to me, almost as though it were inscribed into my brain.
'Hunt down those who have refused my gift, and kill them. Then end your own life. Repeat after me; this world will become a paradise, just like all the others.'
I spoke the passage without objection, while my mind raced.
All those people we'd fought were brainwashed, after all, they had-
'I told you to stop!'
My brain felt as though it were about to burst out of my skull. Though the pain subsided the instant, I put my thoughts to rest. He doesn't like that does-
'No, I do not!' Nightmouth growled.
