"I noticed something I shouldn't have. That's why I joined something. There was a monster. It-it replaced my niece. My lè le. She'd just had a baby, and it slithered into our lives. It didn't even look anything like her, but no one else noticed, just me."

Pam seems to be getting herself under control, wiping at her eyes. "If I hadn't said anything, maybe... maybe things would have gone on like normal. But I called ADI in. I had them kill it. It tore our family apart. Or... me apart from them.

"And now even working with ADI, I've been messing up again and again. I let the Corruption onto the network. I've brought in artifacts without realizing it. I've given them holiday parties to twist to terrible ends. Everything I touch goes wrong now."