The Harlequin Witch tried to fix Firesnake's case of GSD with magic. Not good. She sort of thought out loud, “Hmm. Using incantations to resolve someone’s GSD. That sounds like what the Harlequin Witch tried back in 1972 on the Estes boy. Firesnake. I predicted it would turn out badly. I warned her not to, but no one ever listens to me. Roger Estes was what we now call a Manifestor. His GSD was a serious problem for him personally. He had a body that was part snake. The spell looked good on paper, but it turned him into a real snake. A snake devil, perhaps. We were never sure afterward. But he changed into a 35-foot-long spitting cobra bigger around than a wine barrel, with a taste for anything warm-blooded. That was dreadful. A lot of people died, including poor Harlequin, before we were