Joe Banks

Joe Banks dreams of a better life, but those dreams seem to be dying along with his increasingly frail body. Instead of saving up money for the trip of a lifetime, Joe spends all of his disposable income on doctors' visits to try to figure out the cause of his chronic malaise.

One day Joe goes to see yet another new doctor, Dr. Ellison. Dr. Ellison reports that Joe has a Brain Cloud. Joe is perplexed, having never even heard of a mallady called a Brain Cloud.

Joe is given 5-6 months to live, but is told that he would experience no symptoms for 4-5 months and that, in the mean time, he would feel fine.

"But Doctor, I don't feel good now!"

Dr. Ellison assures him that his symptoms are unrelated to the Brain Cloud and hints that their origin is psychosomatic.