Fackelmann's demise: Bobby C's crew and the sewn-open eyes

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pivotal · Fackelmann finale, ~4 yrs before YDAU

When: dawn/day at the end of the binge
What: Sorkin gave Bobby ("C") C free rein. C's crew (DesMonts/Pointgravè, Oriental toughs, transvestals, an eczematic pharmacist's assistant, a grim librarianish woman) took the apartment; P.H.-J. was carried in with a compound-fractured shin. C's people shot Gately full of pharm-grade "Sunshine" (Canadian Talwin-PX), told him he wasn't blamed for Fackelmann's scam, and sewed Fackelmann's eyelids open to his brows while dropping fluid in his eyes as he screamed. Gately blacked out onto the floor and "came back to" on a freezing beach — the finale's end. (Fackelmann's actual death is left off-page here; as printed — see Dating notes.)