personality with a high IQ is a prescription for great unhappiness,” she said. “I wish I had better news to tell you.” The psychologists were not acting in bad faith. They meant well, and they sincerely wanted to help. But it must be remembered that they all, in one way or another, worked for The Factory. They defined successful treatment in terms of suitability for The Factory. Their job was helping the patient adapt to that reality, to the needs of the marketplace, which could not be called into question. The doctors made no mention of the fact that the girl was a zombie girl. “Zombie girl” was not even a diagnosis. So nobody thought to consider how very wild, deep in her nature, she was.
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