Some people claimed the photograph was a hoax, but Jr. knew it was real.
The picture was of a man—probably.
He was on his back on a rocky beach, left arm flung wide, right arm fused to his side, legs splayed. The right side of his torso was a lurid purple that had nothing to do with bruising, and the skin on the sides of his face hung like fishes' barbels. His nose had sunken into his face, and his eyes were shallow depressions. Only his mouth was human.
It looked as though Betty now had a little brother.