Gately, Joelle, the veil (p. 532)
We didn't even lay him down, we got this idea, one of the guys started walking him around. We all walked him around in circles like some kind of O.D., thought if we could keep him walking til the wagon came he'd be OK. By the end we was dragging him, I think then he was dead.
Context
Gately telling Joelle about the bar shooting from his bouncing days: the crew walks the dying man in circles because that's what you do for an O.D. A loop performed as first aid, useless, continued past the point of death — helpless ritual circling where help should be.