What John did was, he experimented on them. He found this kid, little thing, barely old enough to drink. And what he did, I heard straight from this guy who watched it all, watched the kid squirm and cry on that cold metal table day in and day out.
They say the kid came down there with his fiancee and her family. Like everyone else they were out to seek their fortunes, y'know? But I guess she left him on the streets in time, 'cause he found himself in the medical pavilion begging for those sick freaks to experiment on him and give him enough cash to keep on living. Damn, wonder sometimes if I'd do that in his place.
Anyway, the point is John got a hold of this kid who'd do anything for him, they say he kept the kid down there and made him like a pet, since no one else was that, what's the word. Obedient. Submissive. You know what I'm getting at. No one else was that freakin' desperate, to always do what John told 'em.
So what my friend says, is this kid just about lived down there, being infected and cured and examined and cut open every which way until I guess his little body just gave out. Ugh. Shit's rough to think about. I could tell you more, I could, but first I think I need another freakin' beer.
All right, Mitch, so where was I? Damn, this shit is good, we need to come out here more often. Yeah, after our deal we will, now shaddap and let me keep going.
The kid, okay, they say John paid him fifteen bucks a day to lie there in a hospital gown and get poked at, and that was a hell of a lot of money back then. So the kid didn't complain for a second when Johnny started injecting him every day with this stuff, stuff that he wouldn't say what it was. Yeah, I'd be freaked out too, Mitch, but that ain't the point. Kid probably -was- freaked out, just he needed the cash.
But when he started coughing up blood, I don't guess it was much of a surprise, y'know?
Think of it, Mitch. You just sit here and think of that city where you can do whatever you please, whether or not it hurts someone else. We know sure as shit that it's a bad idea these days, but you can see the temptation. Right?
Fuck everyone else over and have all you need for your own family, for your kids. That'd be the life for sure, now, wouldn't it?
They say the kid came down there with his fiancee and her family. Like everyone else they were out to seek their fortunes, y'know? But I guess she left him on the streets in time, 'cause he found himself in the medical pavilion begging for those sick freaks to experiment on him and give him enough cash to keep on living. Damn, wonder sometimes if I'd do that in his place.
Anyway, the point is John got a hold of this kid who'd do anything for him, they say he kept the kid down there and made him like a pet, since no one else was that, what's the word. Obedient. Submissive. You know what I'm getting at. No one else was that freakin' desperate, to always do what John told 'em.
So what my friend says, is this kid just about lived down there, being infected and cured and examined and cut open every which way until I guess his little body just gave out. Ugh. Shit's rough to think about. I could tell you more, I could, but first I think I need another freakin' beer.
All right, Mitch, so where was I? Damn, this shit is good, we need to come out here more often. Yeah, after our deal we will, now shaddap and let me keep going.
The kid, okay, they say John paid him fifteen bucks a day to lie there in a hospital gown and get poked at, and that was a hell of a lot of money back then. So the kid didn't complain for a second when Johnny started injecting him every day with this stuff, stuff that he wouldn't say what it was. Yeah, I'd be freaked out too, Mitch, but that ain't the point. Kid probably -was- freaked out, just he needed the cash.
But when he started coughing up blood, I don't guess it was much of a surprise, y'know?
Think of it, Mitch. You just sit here and think of that city where you can do whatever you please, whether or not it hurts someone else. We know sure as shit that it's a bad idea these days, but you can see the temptation. Right?
Fuck everyone else over and have all you need for your own family, for your kids. That'd be the life for sure, now, wouldn't it?
