This was the Darker Life, where every truth was written backward.

“During the fifth inning, something came to the edge of the woods and looked at …”

“Tiempo, pensó. Tiempo y perspectiva. Hay que darle eso. Si le obligas, le perde…”

“We fool ourselves so much we could do it for a living.”

“Sour cream! He had tasted it once and liked to puke.”