[PatrickHenry]

He weighed the alternatives. He could yield to the negative integrity field and spend the rest of his life as a liar, a slimer, and an obvious fool, shunned by all rational men. Or he could resolve to fight the menace and retain his humanity. "What'll it be, Slim?" he asked himself. A lifetime of slime and scorn, or somehow win the struggle to maintain his integrity? And all the time, the flue field lured him on. And on.

[PatrickHenry]

flue field = blue field.

[VadeRetro]

"I see you, Demon!" he lied. From somewhere in his head came the sound of mocking laughter.