"Robert Langdon's mind floated through the emptiness of space. He peered into the infinite void, searching for any points of reference?
He found nothing.
Total darkness. total silence. Total peace.
There was not even the pull of gravity to tell him which way was up.
His body was gone.
This must be death."
All at once, Robert Langdon began to remember. The image tore through him...vivid and distrubing.
He was staring up at a face that was covered with tattoos....
His captor was chanting something.
Verbum signifiatium...Verbum omnificum... Verbum perdo..."
(TLS 402).
"Light!!
The endless void in which Langdon hovered was suddenly filled by a blinding sun. Rays of white-hot light streamed across the blackness of space, burning into his mind...suddenly within the radiant cloud before him, a beautiful silhouette appeared...two eys staring at him across the void...Langdon wondered if he was looking into the face of God.
Sato stared down into the tank, wondering if Professor Langdon had any idea what had happened...After a handful of rebirths and subsequent drownings, the prisoner became so disoriented that he had no idea if he was alive or dead...and he would tell the interrogator absolutely anything"
(TLS 412-3).