0066 (serial number)
When you first hit this place, they line you up out there in the hall and you go in and there’s the big major sitting there. [4-228-31] The large man was staring again at the television. [5-38-14] “Do you have any STDs to declare? [11-245-16] I am certainly not accusing you. [8-171-21] However,” he continued, “if we examine the basic intended result of each incident, I believe you will agree that there is a remarkable similarity.” [17-63-20]
I cleared my throat. [28-2-25] “You know my name; it ain’t hard to figure out, it’s on the roll. [14-359-9] So my serial number is 233704272177. [21-260-19] Ona Move!” [15-176-3]
“When we are through with you, cock, it will be life imprisonment.” [16-44-14]
0084 (A-1 sauce)
There was a slight pause. [21-54-19] In that one line I had been tried, convicted and sentenced. [16-44-16]
I had no interest in being alone with my absence of ideas. [20-233-14] On reflection, I am surprised that I was able to keep the conversation going. [5-128-19] Like the sane people. [2-9-12]
“A-1 Sauce,” said the guard. [8-138-21] “X cannot be A and non-A, or neither A nor non-A.” [26-63-19] Again he paused, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. [17-96-1] “Tell me – you are familiar, I suppose, with the ‘threshold moment’? [23-62-5] Tell us what you know about it and we will let you work the street.” [15-152-27]
“It was a yoga thing we always did first. [28-8-7] Really, I tire of such petty attempts to test my ability.” [27-218-20]
The vision of his lips, full and brutal, drawn back over his teeth like a baying dog, was suddenly vivid in my mind. [6-136-25]
“Anyway, right now, I’ll give you the dollar tour and introduce you to people.” [11-34-27]
0111 (bullying)
Outside I tasted fresh air for the first time in days, walking round the exercise yard in convoy with what seemed like a hundred or so cons. [16-71-12] I was grabbed by two of them, one kicking my skull while the other kicked me in the balls. [15-65-1] I could hear a train in the distance. [5-152-12]
“Ouch.” [11-245-28]
The guard said “Come on, punk. [14-359-28] I smacked you because. [21-288-16] I had a friend, a guard in Huntsville, who was killed when the Churrasco gang tried to break out.” [20-236-24]
When I was a child in grade school, underweight and puny – unlikely as that seems today – I was often the target for the bullying of a certain large and muscular boy. [8-192-16]
“But I’ll tell you what I did do.” [23-236-16]
0085 (questioning)
Vitale was small and dark with deep rings beneath his eyes, [28-19-37] with his resonant, baritone voice, and his abiding interest in the human drama around him. [15-67-2] “John, what the fuck you done did now?” [14-362-18]
“Jesus. Every time I put my hand in this drawer you tense up like a chick about to take it up the arse. [5-119-26] It’s probably your imagination.” [8-201-17]
I get hauled in for questioning, strip searched, left naked in a room for about two hours, interrogated, treated, basically, like dog shit. [11-205-2] They spray you like you’re a fucken goat or something. [4-228-35]
He told me I would have to wait for the committal proceedings, when the police would present their case to the court, who in their turn would decide whether to send me for trial. [16-73-11]
“Instead of locking me in a cell, I suggest we work together.” [21-93-29]