4 years EARLIERAt the start of the flashback, Professor Humbert Humbert, acting as narrator, speaks (off-screen) in a distinctively-cultured, Continental accent behind images of a Trans World Airlines plane flying over Manhattan and a Hartford/New Haven train pulling into a station in northern New England.It was the bloodied body of Bill hanging upside down, and her screams at the grisly sight brought them back.When doctors attempted to surgically remove his arms, Octavius killed his surgeons and escaped, and was subsequently nicknamed "Doc Ock" by theDaily Bugle""s chief editor Jameson (J.It""s bewitching you").Greed also infected Eustace""s mind when he wandered from the group, found piles of sparkling treasures (gold, jewels, etc.A knowledgeable doctor was interviewed as he warned about the hopeless situation, blaming the dire circumstances upon emotional reactions of the citizenry.