by rhev
besides actually not having it, and physically damaging it... an HDD is never truly dead :D
There are plunty of ways to recover data of an HDD that seems dead, as well as cheap service like $300~ for data recovery of a seemingly dead disk! NEVER A NEED FOR LOSS! (well, unless your only option is DriveSavers, which is overpriced as hell!)
That you drew the finale of this chapter from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", which is a perfect fit. Holy fuck those were some impressive drugs. Feedback from altering reality would certainly induce effects like that.
Why would he need a haircut in an earlier when he first arrived at the casino if he was still bald when he went to go see Erin‘s father in chapter 11 ?????