![]() In order to make simple deductive leaps, Tom has developed a unique ability to hypnotize himself. His speech pattern includes a number of verbal tics: repetition, the phrases "M-O-O-N spells (x)", and frequent interjections of mild oaths like "Laws yes!" and "didn't it/they just?" When he was 16 years old, despite his best efforts, he only earned certification equivalent to Grade 3.Ĭheerful, good-natured and helpful, Tom has a childlike personality. Tom is barely literate and had to make superhuman efforts in formal education. He works as a handyman for a neighboring farmer called Norbutt, performing simple odd jobs and manual labor. Tom is of Scandinavian background and appears youthful, though at the time of the plague he is actually in his mid-forties. ![]() Several years before the superflu outbreak, Don Cullen abandoned his family to run away with a cocktail waitress named DeeDee Packalotte, a fact Tom frequently mentions. Tom Cullen is a mentally handicapped man from May, Oklahoma, where he lived with his mother and borderline-abusive father Don. ![]()
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