小説『9Dragons』のなかで検視結果を刑事に伝える検視官のセリフに、こんな文章があります。 “I believe he would have indeed been paralyzed. But the projectile lodged in the fourth thoracic vertebra, cutting the cord there. This would have certainly caused paralysis, but it would begin at that point. The arms could still function. It would be a matter of time. As I said, his body would have ceased function inside a minute.” ―Michael Connelly