Mr Wet Sores

When Matty switched into Mr Wet Sores I had to find a way to bring Sores to life. It wasn't enough to have the name, although I thought Mr Wet Sores was a brilliant name for a multiple. I thought about a storyline that centered on venereal disease. I went a step further and thought about developing hideous sores around Matty's mouth from all the oral Matty was giving to the priests. 

Perhaps I could have pulled it off but I elected to go back to basics and think about how Mr Wet Sores talked. He is a rude and callous fellow with no age. He is frank and says anything that comes to his mind. He has to because Matty has no confidence and is incapable of speaking up for himself. 

The first time you meet Sores he says to Billie,"I said wh-what are you l-lookin' at, Blackie? Or do you go by 'N-niggar? Hey, that rhymes with ci-gar. Do ya smoke ci-gars, Mr. Ni-ggars?"

So Sores turned out to be a stuttering racist. I wasn't out to piss off any race when I first conceptualized this story and I definitely reconsidered the mouth sores storyline, but I have to tell you as the first reader of The PriVILEged I was hooked.