In addition to control there's the matter of decay, I realized suddenly, turning this thought over in my mind with a mixture of awe and amusement as I stopped and stood stock-still looking at the floor of the Moscone Center. Steve considered himself impervious to decay, I realized. Which is of course the opposite of control, hence his bath-free lifestyle and unique diet, both of which derived from an inner rejection of the very idea of decay, wherefrom Steve drew a unique spiritual power, I concluded, shaking my head at the folly of Steve's notions. After all, a rejection of decay is a rejection of entropy, one of the fundamental laws of the universe, I thought. Steve considered himself above the laws of the universe, I realized...