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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

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

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

An echo from your first meeting with the prisoner.

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