What a great chapter! We probably learn more from Chris than we do in the whole of Oz, yet he's not even here.
I was particularly interested in how you made Chris throw up on his first murder. I always imagined him as a cold blooded murderer, not really as a pure sadist who does that shit for pure enjoyment, but more as someone who sorts of decides to do it at regular intervals when he feels the pressure cooker in his brain going past a certain stage and he knows that if he does not let the violence go on his own terms quickly, he'll explode in circumstances not controlled by him and be found out. But you make it sound like violence might have been more of an acquired taste for him. Unless he's been faking distress with Oscar-worthy realness for Toby's benefit?... I totally want to know the bottom of it, and we'll probably never know because Chris is dead and the person with the most info is Toby, who already spilled all he knows! Gah, frustrating!
Loved how Elliot discovers how easy it is for him to think like a psychopath, and how terrified he is. I saw the comment above on how the burden of Chris is passed from Toby to Elliot. Chris is like a virus being passed out. It's fascinating how potent his presence is in this chapter, yet he's been dead for years.
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I was particularly interested in how you made Chris throw up on his first murder. I always imagined him as a cold blooded murderer, not really as a pure sadist who does that shit for pure enjoyment, but more as someone who sorts of decides to do it at regular intervals when he feels the pressure cooker in his brain going past a certain stage and he knows that if he does not let the violence go on his own terms quickly, he'll explode in circumstances not controlled by him and be found out. But you make it sound like violence might have been more of an acquired taste for him. Unless he's been faking distress with Oscar-worthy realness for Toby's benefit?... I totally want to know the bottom of it, and we'll probably never know because Chris is dead and the person with the most info is Toby, who already spilled all he knows! Gah, frustrating!
Loved how Elliot discovers how easy it is for him to think like a psychopath, and how terrified he is. I saw the comment above on how the burden of Chris is passed from Toby to Elliot. Chris is like a virus being passed out. It's fascinating how potent his presence is in this chapter, yet he's been dead for years.