Chapters 19, 20, 21 and 22 Summary

A group of junkies get high and describe their feelings. The Sailor is recovering from using drugs and waits in line to get more. The man behind the counter describes the hallucinations of people have coke horrors. A boy at the counter asks Sailor for drugs but Sailor refuses to take money for them. It is implied that Sailor wants something other than drugs in exchange.

Sailor takes the boy to his apartment and lays out the drug paraphernalia. The Sailor asks for Time in exchange. The boy agrees to the deal. The Sailor reaches inside the boy and takes out a black egg. He gives the boy the drugs. The Exterminator is charged with finding the various agents and killing them. Fats Terminal is an ooze pouring through the City pressure tanks and filling the city. Two agents reveal themselves...