The annulation lecture for Arslanian (p. 570)

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Mario in the sauna kept telling Doucette to just imagine somebody doing somersaults with one hand nailed to the ground, which what the fuck is that, and lo and surprise didn't help the Booger a whole lot.

Context

JOI's private origin-image — somersaults with a hand nailed down, the exact figure that closes scene 099 — has survived him and circulated into E.T.A. sauna folklore, via Mario. The founder's epiphany, downgraded to a baffling study tip: the image itself completing a generational lap.

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Scene 114: arslanian blindfold annulation

In anthology

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