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"I don’t understand"

"No, how could you? Here’s the thing, Preston There’s a piece of inforht be more upset later if you don’t know it"

"After the tunnel and the white light, there’s another cell just like this one"

"God, what a thought Actually, that helps h-mindedness"

"Whatever it is, Arne, let’s hear it"

"It has to do with the procedure tomorrow The lethal injection It’s a three-part procedure, as you know Three drugs are administered intravenously The first is thiopental sodium, more commonly known as sodiuht of as truth serum It’s classed as a hypnotic, it cal The second, Pavulon, is derived from curare, which South American Indians use to tip their arrows It’s a paralytic, it paralyzes the lungs and brings your breathing to a halt Finally, a massive dose of potassium chloride stops the heart"

"And you die"

"Yes, but there’s a strong argument to the effect that the procedure is not painless as advertised, that it’s actually hideously painful Onlookers get no indication of this, as the subject’s facial expression never changes, but that’s because it can’t, the muscles are paralyzed by the Pavulon The subject actually feels excruciating pain, and it goes on almost to the moment of death"

"Jesus"

"Now I don’t see how they can possibly know this," he says "No one’s ever returned to furnish a firsthand report So what I’uess, is that you should be aware of the possibility of pain And I’ve told you because it see as a complete surprise, butunnecessary to worry about during your final hours"

"Except I won’t," Applewhite says "Pain alet used to the idea of dying, what difference does it make if it hurts a little? Or even , no matter what it feels like"

"That’s a wonderful attitude, Preston"

"It’s not going to spoil my ice crea south on I-95, he slohen he sees the sign for the Outback Steakhouse, then decides to keep going There’s a Circle K near his Days Inn, and he can stop there for a pint of vanilla ice crea it back to his roo TJ tried was the phone number It was his cell phone, Louise had told us, and the prefix was 917, which is one of two area codes set aside for mobile phones in the New York area There’s an online reverse directory TJ kno to use, and that’s where he went, hoping to find a na for that nuht a phone with prepaidin product, that’s how you do Walk into one of those stores on Fourteenth Street, pay cash for a phone, and you in business Don’t even have to give a na a phone with the o back where you bought it and give the ive you some more minutes"

"And it’s all off the books"

"Far as you’re concerned, it is Whether the store declares the cash, well, we don’t care about that part, do we?"

"It won’t keep us up nights I don’t suppose you have to be a dope dealer to get a phone that way"

"Way I got et no bill every et on the Do Not Call list, ’cause you ain’t on the Call list to begin with"

"Those are definite advantages," I had to admit "The only way to improve on it would be not to have a phone at all For David Thoet He’s a freelance copywriter If nobody knows his phone nuet work?"

"His clients would have the number Same as the dope dealers"

"What about new business?"

"Be a problem"

"He told Louise it’s feast or fa famine times, I wouldn’t think you’d want to ot to have more than one phone"