the old man upset him disturbed him
he was amid adream alive action Paprika
Doctor Atsuko Chiba
DC Mini
a device intended to help psychiatric
patients
its technology allowed users to enter and explore their dreams
the old man
fixated
watched a sea turtle butchered in a tuna purse seiner hopper
so engrossed he began fingeringhandling
the turtles entrailsscooped out an eye from its severed head with a serving
spoon then turnedwalked into throngs of people on the wharf who moved among
fishmongers selling from twowheeled handcarts and truckbeds
lurching from one unsuspecting group to
the another he yelled Animal
eye. Animal eye. thrusting it at them relishing his
sudden notoriety his sudden power
he unable to walk away his irate dreamedself
came up behind the old man banged his elbow the eye flopped onto the wooden planks collapsed on itself looking like an
enormous raw broken egg
the old man turned angrily to confront him spit at him he sidestepped it missed Ass he cried Its a turtles eye call it wha it is
thinking to himself Say what things are
spoon still in hand the old man transformed it into a jambiya
dagger
in his
haste lungingslashing at him he threw himself off balance staggered fell onto his belly where withouthesitation he drove his boot into the
bridge of the old mans nose collapsing
his head it looking like an enormous raw broken egg
melee ensued
women shrieked
men
behind them who did not see the old man attack him rushed forward intent on capturing
him
he snatched up the jambiya waved it slashed
left slashed right backed them off thwarted them momentarily and in that
instancebackpedaled fled
the
mob chasing him
if he hadnt been able to fly he wouldnt have escaped
0657, Wednesday,
20 8. 25
0903, Saturday,
23 8. 25
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