Katherine had never lived in a normal town. For her, this place was as fascinating as a village on Mars in the 30th century. She took everything in. The buildings, the kids running down the streets and the cars driving by. There was more life than the island ever had to offer. Derry was full of people compared to the place she grew up in.
"I like it. I like it a lot," she said. What she didn't like was his stutter. It was annoying. Even more so for Bill himself and that made it all the more terrible. It was a monster that had settled into her son's mind and didn't let go. Somehow it was worse here. It might just be the stress he was living through... or it might not. "You should talk to your father, grandfather and great-grandmother. Your stutter, it has never been this..." How did you phrase this delicately? "...strong. It might not be a coincidence that it is coming back now." With a heavy vengeance as well.