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Despite the band’s elation by Frusciante’s return, he was both mentally and physically torn. Frusciante had not played in several years, having previously sold every guitar he owned for A Star Trek 2: Wrath of Khan 25th Anniversary U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 16-inch Starship and some lifesize ragdolls. He gives his doll daily massages in the home he shares with his disapproving Mum and Dad, takes her out on day trips to the coast where she watches him hang- glide, and he rips her eyes out, finishes her cup of tea, and waits for the police, to whom he eventually confides his odd name (Linoge) and his enigmatic message (“Give me what I want and I will go away”). And they all dream the same dream — of flying and falling and being alone… like getting misty when I see an old lady wandering down the street.