Character · Book 7, This Inevitable Ruin

Lightning Lou

An elderly bloodhound left to guard a closed gas station on Christmas, asleep in a bed with a doggy door, unaware the world ends in a week. Carl asks Orren to send him back to say hi.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 6 — Party Planner
• Chapter 20 — Christmas Morning; the Ramp-Up
• Chapter 34 — The king's message; Rosetta's whip
• Chapter 82 — Ursensus

Arc

The gas-station dog Carl curled up beside on Christmas Day while he weighed the edge (ch. 6); asleep with a bag of chips when Carl opens the interface and presses Disconnect (ch. 20); the memory Juice Box's curse brings back (ch. 82).