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Brace's Monarch Experience
- Brace Belden recounts being kidnapped at 14 and taken to Monarch, a troubled teen school.
- There, he and other children endured abuse and were subjected to "the game," a form of attack therapy derived from Synanon.
Confrontation
- Brace feels surprisingly good despite the gravity of confronting Patrick McKenna.
- He considers three potential outcomes: McKenna not being home, McKenna refusing to talk, or McKenna agreeing to an interview.
Desired Humiliation
- Brace wants Patrick McKenna to feel the humiliation he inflicted on kids at Monarch.
- He recalls a degrading exercise where students had to scream "I don't deserve to live" repeatedly.