I was still alive. Yes, I was definitely alive – but what was all that wailing?

TPR was beside himself with grief. I struggled to force out the words “It’s OK, I’m still here” while trying to make sense of TPR’s sobbed confession.

When nobody was looking he had used my body to test the maximum land speed record of a human being. Of course, with hindsight, he deeply regretted experimenting on his wife.