But in Stephen Kings new novelThe Institute, it sure as hell isnt Hogwarts.
They are strong because they are not alone.
The Institute sounds like Charlie McGee fromFirestarter, if she found herself some powerful friends.
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The operation takes less than two minutes.
They are all in Front Half.
Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half.
Like the roach motel, Kalisha says.
You check in, but you dont check out.
There are no scruples here.
If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines.
If you dont, punishment is brutal.
But no one has ever escaped from The Institute.
If theyre lucky, theyll just get to stay good.
