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THE A-MEN | 31I wonder about that. Thinking on what he must have done to gethere. But it’s not enough. Not nearly enough.“And again,” I press.“You told me not to tell you.”“Did I?”“Indeed. You were most insistent about it.”“Well, I’m insistent now that you forget what I said and fuckingtell me.”Grisholm twitches once. Nervously like a tick. Pauses just longenough to make himself feel that he’s got no choice. That he hasethics but, hey, what can he do about that? Then he continues, “I didit because your insistence was provided by an advanced state of alcohol,drug fuelled hysteria and a loaded weapon. So I set the program andhere we are.”“Why didn’t you jump me… once you put me under?”“Ah, well, you were much more clever than that. You taped a gunto my forehead while the operation was taking place. We injectedyou with O-narc, so…”“So I was awake while you cut me up?”“Why, yes. It was what you wanted. I explained that it is extremelydangerous to work that deep into the brain if the patient is…”“Skip it.”“So–”“No, skip everything. Must rest.”“As you wish.”I’ve awoke without the ability to deal with those first and lastquestions.Generally: Who am I? What am I? What must I become?Specifically: Why would I erase my own mind? What possiblereason could I have? It’s like finding out your worst enemy was yourself.Like enacting revenge on someone you’ve never met.Then: bang! Memory number three.The twisted writhing rope of a DNA strand. No, not DNA, it’sRNA. RNA? Rye. Bow. New. Clee. Ick. Ass. Id. Don’t know how I