13/02/2026 20:50

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Up ahead, twinkling in the blowing snow, was a sign reading EXIT 32 — GRANDVIEW/GRANDVIEW STATION. He was reaching for the knob with one hand and the lock with the other when he remembered Duddits in the dream, telling him not to go out, Mr Gray was out there waiting. Mr Gray's head had exploded, he'd sporulated right in front of Jonesy's eyes — Dr Jekyll turns into Mr Byrus — and Jonesy had inhaled him. The last thing in the world Kurtz wanted was to lose another chance by skidding off the road.

Suddenly and unbidden, he saw his living room back in Brookline, that upscale municipality next door to Boston. His paws stopped twitching. Big thunder. Yum-fuckin-yum.