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Rasalhague, the snake charmer -- star of control and command. Associated with doctors, bodyguards and goalkeepers.

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Melita's voice in your ear, distant, irritated.

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'Blood Type: Hecatomb' is the book you want.

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Psych. Evaluation #23 ('Childhood Fears') -- Subject CASCADE describes at length negative feelings associated with mother's personal study, which contained multiple graphic depictions of vintage whaling practices.

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Psych. Evaluation #11 ('Emotional Response to Targeted Stimuli') -- Subject CASCADE responds poorly when faced with critique from a simulated maternal figure. Session devolves into name-calling and personal insults.

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The ranking system amongst pilots is all but official -- military is highest, followed by commercial, then cargo, then finally leisure. Jet pilots likewise command more respect than those flying traditional rotor planes.

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Trepanation was the earliest form of treatment for brain tumours, relieving the buildup of pressure inside the skull.

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Centuries-old paintings of patients, sans anesthesia, getting bloody chunks removed from head. The agony. The insanity.

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Tempo never really got nervous either -- a sociopathic streak which often served him very well, but occasionally very poorly.

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Blank entries in the archive. Impossible to query or cross-reference. A form of willful oblivion.

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They had to make sure it didn't smell too sour, so the test animals would eat it willingly.

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You always knew that something like this would happen to you. Something very bad and very serious.

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That's why he's drooling. The memory of your caress.

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Except for the old Kohilan hands, who used to call it 'potatoes two ways'.

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Except for the old Kohilan hands, who called it 'potatoes two ways'.

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Fig. 1452: a linocut of an early diving suit, so primitive that the explorer had to be sewn into it before he went under — and cut free after surfacing.

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'Machine Gun King', if your limited Tsunese serves you well.

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Leatherback turtles often emerge from unknown battles in the abyssal depths.

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Pia mater: the thin, almost transparent final membrane protecting the brain. On top of which you found the small controller.

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Unmistakable. Parsing through his near-impenetrable theatre reports could often feel like full-tilt hallucination.

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No matches found in the facial archives, and yet the voice...

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You remember asking Doctor Kharlov to describe the sensation. He brought his lighter to a piece of paper and let it burn. 'That,' he said, 'But inside.'

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You recall the prisoner's voice, crackling into your ear.

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The image forces its way back to you -- Reno's unblinking, obsessive stare, while on the bed Ramses convulsed.

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An echo from your first meeting with the prisoner.