It stops to hover by a grotesque couple, gorging themselves on an opulent feast. Meanwhile, Groper is heavily drinking, watching porn and gorging his face with food. His main activity apart from writing was "gutting and gorging". The demons attack the mercenaries, gorging themselves on blood. Gorging allows the bird to fast for several days if food becomes unavailable. Meanwhile, Mark, despite gorging himself into obesity, had to become Naismith for a time. This was known to the campus community in the 1970s as "gorging out".