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Joelle's last walk (p. 222)

quote

Joelle van Dyne is excruciatingly alive and encaged, and in the director’s lap can call up everything from all times.

Context

Total recall stated as a condition, one clause, mid-cage-meditation. Where Hal's eidetic gift is a tested credential, Joelle's is part of the cage: nothing recedes, nothing is lost, and so nothing stops hurting — on the day she's chosen to die.

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