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Sky Island Casino
October 23rd 2032
On a level indescribable to the others, Kobak’s mind screamed for silence and solitude. The hushed tranquility of the elevator had been a welcome relief to his overloaded senses. Yet through the entire process, he had also been strangely aware of everything going on around him. Saul’s ministrations as the team put him to bed in his suite. Window curtains drawn to drown out the overly bright parking lot lights and the flashing neon of the Casino’s logo. He heard the door close softly behind the Scotsman and the whispered orders, ‘He’s not to be disturbed’. And then the blessed silence.
He went through the steps the Russian had taught him to reorder his mind whenever catatonia threatened. Counting backward from 100 to zero. If he could do it without
