Mickey’s dad reaches for the X220, and then gestures to be granted a moment of silence. He has recognised the tattoo for what it is: potent code, complementing the patterns of a magical number grid encoded in the rug which Koockie brought back from Marrakesh. Mickey’s dad, in full deciphering mode, is frantically typing away so as to harness the powerful force of both words and numbers. He can drink beer and code at the same time. Brilliant pythonic code. Freakishly concise. Capturing the ocean in a camel’s hoof print!
We shape the world with words and numbers. Coming out of our heads. Only they can truly hurt Josef A who does not fear sticks and stones.
Calculus tentatively lights a beedi, and suddenly it is as if all the bedis he’s ever smoked in his life go up in a chain reaction. A wave of wisdom assails us. Calculus is communing with the Gods of India. They issue instructing on how to slip Josef A a Mickey Finn!
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