The man beneath those bandages doesn't recall how he wound up there. But that's not terribly unusual. There's a lot that the poor bastard doesn't remember. For his name. His age. Where he came from. Or where he's going. The one thing he does remember, because it echoes like a mantra in his head, are the words "don't drink". He doesn't remember why, or who told him. But there is a heavy weight to those words that lets him know that it's deadly serious. And, since it's the only thought he can manage to hang on to, he obeys it. Despite an omnipresent headache, and the logical certainty that he probably should consume something to survive, the man has not had anything to drink for at least...Oh God... a year? Maybe more? Is that possible? The man doesn't speak. He sleeps during the day, but he doesn't dream. He is essentially an insect, barely self-aware, and operating on only the most basic of animal instincts. But a piece of himself that has been dormant for a very long time stirs awake as he turns a corner and happens upon the sight of a trembling meth-addict, stalking a family of three from the shadows...
The man beneath those bandages doesn't recall how he wound up there. But that's not terribly unusual. There's a lot that the poor bastard doesn't remember. For his name. His age. Where he came from. Or where he's going. The one thing he does remember, because it echoes like a mantra in his head, are the words "don't drink". He doesn't remember why, or who told him. But there is a heavy weight to those words that lets him know that it's deadly serious. And, since it's the only thought he can manage to hang on to, he obeys it. Despite an omnipresent headache, and the logical certainty that he probably should consume something to survive, the man has not had anything to drink for at least...Oh God... a year? Maybe more? Is that possible? The man doesn't speak. He sleeps during the day, but he doesn't dream. He is essentially an insect, barely self-aware, and operating on only the most basic of animal instincts. But a piece of himself that has been dormant for a very long time stirs awake as he turns a corner and happens upon the sight of a trembling meth-addict, stalking a family of three from the shadows...