Scattered Parts
When building a system, the Programmers take advantage of their knowledge of how multiplicity works. Two alters can have several possible relationships which are:
a. two-way amnesia, where neither alter knows about the other’s existence. This is what the Programmers want for most alters. They don’t want multiples to even know they are multiples.
b. one-way amnesia, where A alter knows B alter, but B doesn’t know A. This can be accomplished by setting in one-way mirrors.
c. co-presence, two alters can come on top of each other at the front of the mind and hold the body together. This produces some strange behavior for the multiple as different alters synthesize their thoughts. When a tough alter comes up behind a Christian alter, the Christian alter may find himself letting loose of a cuss word without knowing where exactly it came from. When a child alter comes up behind an adult, the adult may find itself talking like a child.
d. co-conscious, this is when two alters are aware of what each other is thinking. As the Programmers structure a System of alters, they build in No-talk walls every so often where all communication and visibility between alters is walled off. These No-talk walls are specifically built structures and not the result of normal amnesia. A 13 x 13 grid may have, for instance, 2 No-talk walls. Other methods will be used to divide all the levels from each other. One method of dividing the levels is the level of trance for level 3 will be different than the level of trance for level 10. This will not hold true across the board, because some deeper alters are not in deep trance.
One Monarch slave, programmed beginning in the 1950’s, described her System:
Scattered Parts
Broken hearts, divided parts, they all live inside of me.
How many times can they divide my mind?
Broken hearts with divided parts scattered throughout my mind.
How many times can they wipe me out before I come back no more? Can they instill a will in me that is not mine?
They broke my heart too many times and divided all the parts, then scattered them through time. Some are good and some are evil. How many times can they split my mind?
The lights, needles and pain went on much longer than we can explain. Did these things happen, or is it what they wanted me to believe? Does God exist or is it what I want to believe?
Does the store house exist where the computer is? Are there computers in me that help split me?
Scattered parts, broken hearts, where do I exist? Is there a castle built inside? If so, what person am I?
Lights, needles, and pain goes on today, or is it lies that are made up in a mind split far too many times.
Broken hearts, divided minds, scattered throughout time. I don’t want to mislead you. Did the experiments work? And they split me too many times?
Lights, needles, and pain. They can wipe me out if I try to explain.
Butterflies, butterflies, lots and lots of them. I lay down at nights with them. I wrap up in a blanket made of them. I hear their hum as they lead me to the lights, needles and pain. The needles and pain make it so I can not think. I get so sleepy, but I can not sleep. The pain races through my mind and splits it one more time.
I have forgotten more than most will ever know. The computer will show how many times they can split the mind, break the heart; divided minds scattered throughout time.
How many times before I can come back no more?"
--received from therapist Denny Hilgers.
Thank you!! 
