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and terrible memory loss. He can access memories from before his accident, but can't imprint new ones. As he puts it, "the recording machine in my head doesn't work". As an antidote to depression he chose to live "completely in the now" according to the bizarre mottoes delivered to him whilst in his
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second coma. A tiny flat completely filled with a collage of memories, reminders and erotic art, Drako's house acts as a metaphor for his extraordinary mind.
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