the tribunal endnote: the whole administration mobilizes to the body
‘Rusk and Charles and Mrs. Incandenza are with him now. Schtitt’s been up to see him. Loach has done a thorough reflex-check. John Wayne’s going to be OK.’
Context
The machine rallies around its instrument. Wayne is dosed, and the entire administration converges — counselor Rusk, headmaster Charles, Dean Avril, Coach Schtitt, and the trainer, whose contribution is a body-check: "Loach has done a thorough reflex-check." The concern reads as care and is really custodianship; what's being checked over and reassured about is a talent, an asset whose reflexes are institutional property.