ramon found himself possessed by the memory of things that could never have happened - flying like a sparrow over the rooftops of mexico city with a slat of the alien yunea in his teeth , elena weeping like a baby about his death and then fucking martin casaus on his grave , trekking through the bush with the raft strapped to his forehead , maneck and the pale alien in the pit applauding and throwing a celebratory party for him - all hail ramon espejo , hero of monsters !