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Page 53
My legs really felt every step of the way. My clogged-up heart is beating wildly.
For the first time, climbing seven flights of stairs seemed an almost
insurmountable challenge. I collapsed on the bed; my legs felt like cement.
Drowsiness.
My legs really felt every step of the way. My clogged-up heart is beating wildly.
For the first time, climbing seven flights of stairs seemed an almost
insurmountable challenge. I collapsed on the bed; my legs felt like cement.
Drowsiness.
Page 56
I placed a hand mirror on the floor tonight to examine this red hole between my
legs, an entrance that has never been used and never will be by anyone, not
even me. Suddenly I became very hungry, with violent stomach pains. I sucked
down ...
I placed a hand mirror on the floor tonight to examine this red hole between my
legs, an entrance that has never been used and never will be by anyone, not
even me. Suddenly I became very hungry, with violent stomach pains. I sucked
down ...
Page 109
I tried to run away, but my legs grew heavier and heavier, so they quickly caught
up with me. They threw me down on the beach and split open my belly with one
thrust of a sharp harpoon. My sugary entrails writhed on the sand, a sallow, ...
I tried to run away, but my legs grew heavier and heavier, so they quickly caught
up with me. They threw me down on the beach and split open my belly with one
thrust of a sharp harpoon. My sugary entrails writhed on the sand, a sallow, ...
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