THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Growler Gary's Hand

First seen: Book 3, Chapter 26

A severed left hand, harvested from Growler Gary's regenerating body, that works as a biometric key on the twin consoles that start an Interdiction Rapid-Response Railway Repair Cart. The console rejects a right hand outright, and pulling a seated hand away shuts the cart back off, so each one has to stay in place for good once it's used.

Key

Connections

Carl:

Uses the two spare hands kept since chapter 26 to key a seventh cart, then goes back to Gary off the page for a fresh pair to key an eighth once the spares turn out not to be enough, defending station 75 itself against approaching ghouls and stage-three monstersB3C27

Harvests fourteen usable left hands off Growler Gary's regenerating body over the course of the chapter, twelve of them seated permanently into six carts' key consoles and two more kept as sparesB3C26

Growler Gary:

Source of every hand; regenerates fully within minutes of each kill, growing a new pair each timeB3C26

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 26
  • RELATIONSHIP Growler Gary: Source of every hand; regenerates fully within minutes of each kill, growing a new pair each time
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Harvests fourteen usable left hands off Growler Gary's regenerating body over the course of the chapter, twelve of them seated permanently into six carts' key consoles and two more kept as spares
  • TAG Key: Works as a biometric key on the twin consoles of an Interdiction Rapid-Response Railway Repair Cart, but only if it's the left hand; a right hand is rejected outright
Chapter 27
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Uses the two spare hands kept since chapter 26 to key a seventh cart, then goes back to Gary off the page for a fresh pair to key an eighth once the spares turn out not to be enough, defending station 75 itself against approaching ghouls and stage-three monsters