"It was nothing, it was just- it wasn't even them, I didn't see the Dread Doctors. It was from when I was a kid, maybe five. An asthma attack I blocked out, I guess. The neighbor's dog...it wasn't anything." 

"Are you okay?"

She reaches out.

"I'm fine. I just don't understand why it wasn't them. If the book is supposed to make us remember them, it shouldn't make me remember everything I've forgotten, what's the point?"

"Valack said that most of the readers he tested the book on hadn't ever seen the Dread Doctors. Maybe the effect is more general, it just makes you remember any fear-affected event you've forgotten or repressed."

"...Maybe we all shouldn't read it, then."

"I think I'm good there."

"I don't think I have anything..."

"It's too useful to pass up. Lydia can skip it if she wants, but for the rest of us, just reading one at a time, with supervision should be enough."

"Kira, maybe it's...not such a good idea, for you."

"What do you mean?"

"Just. The fox spirit. The thing with the sword and the...I don't know, what if you remember something that makes the fox stronger?"

"Stiles' suggestion is a good one. Now that we have reason to suspect reading the book may be hazardous in other ways, we should proceed more slowly. Anyone at risk for uncovering unwarranted tragedy should wait until after the others have gone to see if we still need more information."

"Liam, then me, then Theo, then Kira, then Stiles, then Lydia."

"Okay, so it's nice of you to try and protect me, I guess, but I think I should go earlier than that. And Scott's right that Kira could be a risk, and I'm pretty sure we both know why you want to be after the trauma-less wonders and it's not happening, Malia."

"If I can find out what happened that night-"

"It wasn't your fault. Do you really need to remember the grisly details?"

He continues reading.

Sounds like these kids have some history of which she is unaware.

"I'm not sure I should, either."

"Of course you're not."

"Stiles-"

"Fine, Theo never, Malia next, I don't care. Tell me when it's my turn."

"If we're doing this sequentially, some of us should probably just go home."

"Great. I volunteer."

He heads outside. 

Scott follows, grabbing his jacket.