Monkey On His Back

A nameless figure darts through an endless, glass‑walled corridor, pursued by a squad of relentless men. The chase leads him into a gleaming terminal where he slips a briefcase into a locker, then decides to feign surrender, buying a moment of uneasy calm. As the strangers close in, the tension pivots from physical danger to a psychological standoff.

Later, the man sits across from the cold, meticulous psychoanalyst Milton Bergstrom, who offers a mysterious serum designed to strip away mental barriers. The drug transforms the room, turning the floor into a spongy tide and pulling the patient into a stark, dimensionless plain where only a single, elegant weapon lies in his hand. In this surreal limbo, questions of identity and purpose surface, hinting at deeper layers of a reality that may be far more fragile than it appears.