The Concavity Cabinet and the Clipperton legend (p. 410)
contains the only available footage of the late Eric Clipperton […] just a couple overexposed meters of Clipperton, head down and hunched on a low orange bleacher, bony-shouldered, in no shirt and untied Nikes, his Gothic-scripted case in his lap, his elbows on his knees and his hands spidered across both cheeks, staring down between his feet and trying not to smile
Context
The legend's coda: JOI's test-cartridge, the only surviving footage of Clipperton, "the late" quietly announcing the suicide the story hasn't told yet. Carlisle seals the puppet-à-clef in posture: Gentle's "head in his gloves" and Clipperton's "hands spidered across both cheeks" are the same body, two suicide-blackmailers sharing one attitude of despair.