"Nobody works alone, Ralph. Ask Captain Foshag. Most people run on
compulsive commands given them by people who might even be dead.
Parents mostly. Positive suggestion. The mind works that way.
"Sometimes people are made to feel they're unhealthy, only they aren't
really. Or they're told their eyes are bad. Or that they're superior to
other people.
"It's just as if--" she frowned hard as if looking for an example "--as
if _your_ parents were sitting inside that smart blonde head of yours,
Ralph, and telling you to free the Unterzuyders from their sleep. It's
something you feel you _have_ to do.
"But you _don't_ have to, Ralph. I'm here to help you."
He stared at her, stunned.