He is affable and friendly, able to empathize and offer original opinions. This is classic sociopathic behavior, but Harris exhibits no other symptoms. Specifically, that Evans 'wasn't a nurse' when he killed her. His guilt is not in doubt and Harris doesn't deny his actions. Overview ' His bizarre explanation of the events on the colony points to the same paranoia we've seen elsewhere planetside. It is characterized by acute depression, insomnia, vivid hallucinations, obsessive or violent behavior, extreme paranoia, and other schizophrenic-like symptoms.įor a list of hallucinations resulting from Marker-induced dementia, see this article. In the Dead Space series, the term is used to describe the psychological effects of the influence of the signal emanated by the Markers and the Brethren Moons. The message translates to: 'The nightmare is over but it will not end!'ĭementia is a serious loss of cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired individual. Marker scrawl from the demented Isaac Clarke during his medical examination after the events on Aegis VII. And in all likelihood, we will not realize this manipulation until our ill-conceived plans come to fruition and it is too late to reverse our actions.' -Dr. We believe we are following our natural compulsions.

Indeed, we show no outward signs of madness. But perhaps the most insidious effect it has is when we don't realize it has taken hold of us. And still others fall into a gibbering dementia.

' The signal projected by the Markers permeates everything and everyone.

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