Lyle, the weight-room guru

quote

He’s like a baby. Everything he sees hits him and sinks without bubbles. He just sits there. I want to be like that.

Context

An unnamed E.T.A. student introducing Lyle — and, in Carlisle's Water & submersion catalogue, the seed image for 092: what sinks without bubbles in Lyle is perfect receptivity; in Gately it's the mechanics of suppression, and what sinks that quietly resurfaces greasily.

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