Reid thought about what she was saying, trying to compare it to other delusionals they'd studied. She didn't want to be held responsible for some of the things she'd done or that others had done. In her delusional, she could lay all the blame on the demon. Or someone could at least.

"You're saying the demon can control what the human does but I'm asking if it can control outside forces. For example, if the demon possessed the person, could he or she keep the parents of the child it possessed from committing it."