"The first lesson of the Mechanics: you were never here … Every causal system evolves without cause, within an absolute futurity where Divinity awaits, terrible and unacknowledged." (David Roden, Snuff Memories)
I know this was a perfect storm, but if you have a blackhead on a stretch mark in a belly fold, probably don’t poke around and pop it with not the cleanest hands. This doesn’t feel good!