‘No cure for what I have’

I’m a sucker for narrative and science meshed together.

Jason Fagone:

What’s your full name? Where are you? What month is it? What day of the week is it?

Walter Keller tried to speak, but no words came out, only a dry rasp. The man asking the questions had dark, close-cropped gray hair and a kind, level gaze.

Eventually the man left the room. Walt wriggled up in his bed. Someone put a hand on his shoulder and pressed him gently back into the mattress.