Damn! What have you been feeding it?

Just the usual, I think . . .

Why is that so? I don't know the history or mythology surrounding that place as much as perhaps I should, considering its place in my own life story.

Nah; it was brain static. There was no reason for there to be a giant ex-zombie snake on the roof of the Waldorf-Astoria. There just was.

Did your decapitated snake have hands?

Not that I can recall. It had prominently visible ribs.