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           Theyhadgottenahellofanintroductiontotheworldofmedicine.Thegreenwall-to-wallcarpetwasnowsoakedamuddypurpleinanexpandingcirclearoundtheyoungman’sruinedhead;theleakageofintercranialfluidhad,mercifully,stopped.

           "InthePetSematary,"theyoungmancroaked...andhebegantogrin.Thisgrinwasremarkablylikethemirthless,hystericalgrinofthecandy-striperwhohadclosedthedrapes.

           Louisstareddownathim,atfirstrefusingtocreditwhathehadheard.ThenLouisthoughthemusthavehadanauditoryhallucination.Hemadesomemoreofthosephoneticsoundsandmysubconsciousmadethemintosomethingcoherent,cross-patchedthesoundsintomyownexperience.Butthatwasnotwhathadhappened,andamomentlaterhewasforcedtorealizeit.Aswooning,madterrorstruckhimandhisfleshbegantocreepavidly,seemingtoactuallymoveupanddownhisarmsandalonghisbellyinwaves...buteventhenhesimplyrefusedtobelieveit.Yes,thesyllableshadbeenonthebloodylipsofthemanonthecarpetaswellasinLouis’sears,butthatonlymeantthehallucinationhadbeenvisualaswellasauditory.

           "Whatdidyousay?"hewhispered.

           Andthistime,asclearasthewordsofaspeakingparrotoracrowwhosetonguehadbeensplit,thewordswereunmistakable:"It’snottherealcemetery."Theeyeswerevacant,not-seeing,rimmedwithblood:themouthgrinningthelargegrinofadeadcarp.

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