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The scrotal skin was dark like an adult's, and the pubic hair was adult in quantity, type and distribution.
A Tanner level of five, the highestthe final level of puberty. For all practical purposes, he was fully developed.
Over the next several minutes Mitch questioned him about other changes he had experienced: headaches, loss of sleep, lack of appetite, the sensitivity of his eyes, periods of restlessness, and of anger. Matty's answers were sparse, mostly nods or shakes of the head. When Mitch asked him about feeling angry, Matty did open up. He admitted to getting mad, to doing bad things but hardly remembering them.
"What kinds of things?"
"Fighting."
"Your mother mentioned having a run-in with three other kids. Want to tell me about that?"
He shrugged.
"Did you attack them?"
"I guess."
"One boy, Bobby Gorawlski, was pretty badly messed upfacial scratches. Do you remember doing that?"
Matty shook his head. "I just remember animals."
"Animals?" Tojian said. "What kind of animals?"
More shrugs. "I don't know, there's a lot of voices and screaming but it's all blurry and red. I can't remember too well."
"So while you and Bobby are going at it, in your mind you thought you were being attacked by animals. Is that right?"
"I guess."
"Has this happened before?"
"Mmm."
"What kind of animals?"
"Dogs and cats. Sometimes bigger animals. I don't know, it's hard to remember, I can't see them too well. But it was like they were attacking me."
"Can you describe anything about the fights, what actually happens?"
He shook his head. "They attack me and I fight them off. But it's hard to remember. It's like it's all red smoke when it happens."
"Anything else?"

 
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