Golem leafs through an in-flight magazine

The extra-ordinary event is when at age sixteen, Charls tries to give himself an appendectomy. It is weird enough to attempt such a thing, but Charls doesn’t have appendicitis. He spends several days in the medical library at the University of California, Irvine, and after reading all sorts of things, he sets up a contraption using mirrors. It isn’t until he gets into things, and is able to find the appendix, amongst other things, that things start to go wrong. An ambulance is called and doctors do have to remove his appendix, as Charls has tied it off and necrosis sets in before he gets to the hospital. He has accomplished something never before seen. He has caused a case of appendicitis. It is written up in a medical magazine. It is the last time he tried to take apart himself. Besides, he already knows what makes him tick.

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Golem leafs through an in-flight magazine. He sees nifty things for sale and chic restaurants in Asia and things like that. There aren’t any ads for huts on the edge of the sea. Only people who find them know their value.