Thursday, December the 9th, 2004
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“She opened the cage and the bird darted into the free air which was the only environment it understood. As it circled the room, its wings brushed the far wall. It shivered an instant, hung suspended as if supported by some unseen hand, and died as it fell to the floor. Neither the bird nor Tarmo had knowledge of the concealed, highly charged panels which recorded, both fluoroscopically and photographically, the images of all those who entered World Center. The image of the bird had appeared on the fluorescent screen. The photographic circuit had been made. And the technicians would curse a burned out circuit.” — Anna Hunger & R DeWitt Miller, The Man Who Lived Forever (clearly the bird did not)