Case walked back to the loft, lost in memories of the Flatline. He'd spent most of his 19th summer in the Gentleman Loser, nursing expensive beers and watching the cowboys. They'd all heard of Pauley, the redneck jockey from the 'Lanta fringes, who'd survived brain death behind black ice.

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"Boy," the Flatline would tell him, "I'm like them huge fuckin lizards, you know? Had themself 2 goddam brains, 1 in the head & 1 by the tailbone, kept the hind legs movin. Hit that black stuff and ol' tail brain jus kept right on keepin on."