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Cover art for The Gutter lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

In the world of the Dark Sentencer, the gutter isn't just a place you fall when you hit rock bottom.

With a few exceptions, every inmate living in the Dark Sentencer is fitted with a belt-like device known as a Gutter. These devices are implanted without anesthesia into a prisoner's abdomen, where they latch on to several vital organs. These devices are linked to kill switches held by the guards - should a need arise, a guard can use their remote interface to activate a prisoner's Gutter, causing the implant to begin violently twisting, drilling into the prisoner's body and destroying all the attached organs in the process.

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