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dominion (noun): territory over which authority is exercised
Spencer finds himself at the wheel of a car actively involved in a high speed chase through the desert of Mexico.
”His efferent neurons are firing ferociously, relentlessly asserting that these hands, these legs, this body: they are his. Spencer owns every individual part. He decides what his body is doing, what it is feeling. It is his choice. His decision. And it’s final.”
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- Part 1 of in this body
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interzonal (adjective): occurring between, existing between, or involving two or more zones
Spencer is flitting between reality and unconsciousness as he endures a comedown within the confines of a jail in Mexico.
“Awareness has slammed into him- shooting from over there directly into his chest. And with this awareness… with this consciousness… there comes… well… consciousness.”
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- Part 2 of in this body
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- English
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- 1,152
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- 1/1
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cede (verb): to give up power or territory
Spencer has been extradited back to the US and is finally leaving Mexico. It is on this flight where he laments his power and territory- his body- having been ripped away from him.
”Any locus of control was pried from his hands the moment the heroin entered his body, situating itself in the rotting cavities left by the Dilaudid years ago.”
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- Part 3 of in this body