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GONZO

W E B W O R L D

: A Savage Trip to the Future Heart of the Cyberspace Drea

by Ade McOran-CampbellWritten May 2000 with some revisions 2015.

Note: This work references the book ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ by HunterS. Thom son.

Written in a similar style to H nter ! "hompson# $%octor o& 'on(o )o rnalism*# &eat rin+ e,tracts

&rom his boo Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas .

"his story is abo t the possible &reedoms o& the so l in a / Cyberspace & t re. t concernspossibilities &or inhabitin+ and ill minatin+ immersive art &orms escapes into intellect al realms o&o r own ma in+. t also involves depiction o& a li&estyle that thrives on the whims o& conscio sness-streams# and where inhibitions cannot e,ist.

F ew people new or &elt the tr th as brilliantly as we did3 the & ll tr th o& o rown partic lar bid &or &reedom - thro +h Cyberspace. "he plans &or o r escape

sin+ / hardware had been lon+ comin+ immense and detailed born o t o& thelove o& novelty &or the technolo+ical oil loosenin+ & rther the h n+ry 4oints o&capitalism castin+ an ever more blin erin+ in ence over its wea er-mindeden&orcers. We# however# were to be its rebel sers3 some o& the 6rst willin+ so lsto per&orm the most nat ral brea o t in the lon+# dar history o& inebriatedescape attempts.

7at re and the power o& evol tion had held s in its +rip &or so lon+ the realworld - the Mother-world - prod ced and cared &or s in its pro&o nd and &orce& lway. We were the latest desi+n in its development o& &eedin+ beasts that s stain

the chain o& a li&e &orce. "hose con&ormin+ to its instincts had been tellin+ allthose strainin+ at their mental chains to 8+et a li&e8 and be more li e them



enslaved to a balanced# bea ti& l e9 ilibri m. Well# we were to cast o: the need&or this balance ; which s stains only one meanin+ o& a man or $a reasonableindivid al* in a material world - by replacin+ the con6nes o& s ch a reality withrealities o& o r own# even i& they be s per6cial. O r ima+inations dictated to o rso ls a re9 irement &or wild e,cess beyond the everyday.

And we wo ld &ree o rselves with o r so ped- p# s pernat ral minds event ally.We wo ld b rn o t in a +lory-bla(e inside the pro&o nd places o& an over-sat rated# sensory-overloaded so l nhin+ed &rom reality by a smotherin+ byrealities. t wo ld happen beca se we were the &rea s o& nat re. We wo ld stillbe slaves to the simple world b t we wo ld at least be &reer than they< We wo ld

now and see more than they ever wo ld. We wo ld become this no matter whatthe cost to o rselves. "his was not some reven+e act or e,ertion o& intellect als periority. "his was 4 st o r way and o r special interest in sel&-de+radation.

was reminded o& mysel& lon+ a+o in the real world# also called the =lat&orm#where the visions +athered. >e&ore the ra+e o& cyberp n be&ore the tho +htscontrolled by words b rst into an ether o& &antastic &orm and conver+in+#verti+ino s storms o& limitless thrills. >e&ore the li&e &orce within and witho t wasto be rendered li e nothin+ else be&ore. >e&ore where we wo ld listen toabsorbin+ son+s and try to reach into the m sic the nearest yo co ld +et to theso nd was to sin+ alon+ to beat o t the rhythm or str m alon+ on a + itar to itschords. Well# $the virt al* it was a new instr ment that pl n+ed the mind into itscold-water core and ooded the so l in its wa e to a totality. And its sc lptorswere to lose themselves ; alon+ with their cyber-selves - be&ore many had achance. t was the i+ht o& the yo n+ the i+ht o& car s in the wa e o& adr n en %aedal s who had developed the technolo+ical win+s and the newcreative conscience. "hose o& s who ew too hi+h co ld become as nbo ndand as condemned as =romethe s in o r power and o r &reedom?

? And it was this idea o& the s n with its phantom electrical heat in my &ace#circ latin+ and spiralin+ - when nostal+ia be+an to wor at the wa,. !omeassociations &rom the Motherworld spr n+ o t &rom the celebration and&reneticism and had to brea o: and retrieve some meanin+ &rom the !o rcethe past.

@et me se the therapy o& words to piece to+ether somethin+ o& how it allhappened.

O!ERLA"

threw a hand over my head to &eel the te,t re o& my hair and to r b the s llaro nd my brain. "he room was 9 iet and was alone. "hen readied thee9 ipment that wo ld ens re a+ain the release. "he &orms this e9 ipment toowhen placed to+ether represented an elaborate door &or release into the mind



thro +h some o& the ma4or senses. "he means o& o r escape wo ld be thro +hs ch sophisticated# electrically powered contraptions. "hey led to tailoredrealities o& sensory e,perience co ntries that have always e,isted and willalways e,ist tho +h only recently reached.

We were their 6rst pioneers their testers. 7ot 9 ite d mb animals la nched intospace b t the %octors o& a 'on(o Webworld )o rnalism# doc mentin+ thee,perience and the shapin+ o& a new all-encompassin+ dimension. O r mission3to inspect the potential &or h manity*s many intermin+lin+ so ls# &rom the lost tothe pompo s. ! ch testin+ wo ld have to be ri+oro s in order to acco nt &or awide cross-section o& the comm nity# &rom esteemed thin ers to hardenedwasters.

p t on the Mind-mas ri++ed to the room8s web-server. "he so-called $!piralnter&ace* &or top-9 ality transcendence. t had earphones# a voice microphone

and an eye-screen attached and had been developed &or li+ht com&ort andprolon+ed se. An accessory was the arm-+loves that contained two controllers&or the orientation o& whatever avatar or appearance one was to ass me inside.! ch orientation re9 ired a di:erent mental process &or mane verin+ in thevirt al that too time to master.

My &riend "hrillman and decided it was s ally more interestin+ dimension-wiseto be into,icated. We had or+anised earlier the hall cino+enic levels &or thissession - o& co rse - and had the necessary additives to hand. readied thesepartic lar items and 6red p the Overlay# a virt al version o& the room wassittin+ in which contained all the main &eat res s ch as the 6,ed & rnit re. Mosto& everythin+ aro nd me was th s d plicated in the cyberspace. t was almost astho +h nothin+ had chan+ed the des be&ore me with the e9 ipment the s na+ainst the c rtains. Only the thin+s that had moved since the last 8shapin+8 o&the room were absent. Conse9 ently the bottle o& "ennessee whis ey# which hadbeen on the des # now disappeared as the Overlay appeared be&ore my mind.

"he s n a+ainst the c rtains was so&ter now.

Overlays were a sa&e start- p mechanism and always eased the 4ac in+-in ando t process in terms o& decreasin+ any disorientation.

And there wo ld be plenty o& this.

in+ested the initial 8additives8 and spo e into the smooth h m o& the system#+ivin+ the address o& the Webworld pro4ect my comrade and were c rrentlywor in+ on. "he room died and there was as s al a moment o& blac ness whilethe connections were established and the world o& Fear and Loathing wasmani&ested via the 7e roceans servers. n this short# transitionary silence wewere a+ain &orced to contemplate the whole transcendent process and thewarnin+s that had come in the bri+ht pac a+in+ to s ch mental# spirit al

e,pectancy o r need &or some hidden power inside new e,perience. An a+ed



voice had even been paid to remind s# spea in+ sa+ely3 Borsa e not the @ore o& >ein+ ?

!h" you bet .

"he so nds came 6rst# and then the +raphics sh ddered into place# theprocessors bearin+ p and presentin+ &orth the immediate wei+ht o& &orms thatdeceived the primary senses with an in ence that was absol te.

ALL S"STE#S $O

Dn+ine acceleration so nd. "he noise o& the r sh o& the wind above the ro +h

m sic o& The #o$$ing Stones p shin+ o t their beat &rom the car stereo. "heintensity o& replication all aro nd. &elt an initial and &amiliar sense o&overwhelmin+ enth siasm &or the creative possibilities o:ered by these stran+eenvironments. "his was 9 ic ly replaced with the desperate r+e to ad4 st9 ic ly to the virt al li+ht 6llin+ the eyeballs. "he sheer thron+ o& this world wasintense# a +rand choice by "hrillman - who had also 4 st arrived - in the drivin+seat beside me. loo ed over at his virt al appearance or avatar and saw he wasdressed &or the part. He was wearin+ a +r bby vest and a stained pair o& &adedtro sers to what mi+ht once have been a b siness s it.

EWelcome my 6ne &ellow doctor.E His words came over the so nd o& the caren+ine and the d ll roar o& the wind. Altho +h his voice was distinctively his# itwas li e receivin+ them &rom the bottom o& a deep electrical sort o& ocean. EOncea+ain we 6nd o rselves braced &or another session o& &ren(ied sensory travel. Asyo r attorney advise yo to b c le p yo r very so l and prepare?E

wo ld have - words - to say abo t my stat s as a passen+er# considerin+ wewere ridin+ the H nter "hompson roads always the most appropriate in the'reat /ed !har and as $% e* - the %octor o& 'on(o )o rnalism# in s n-hat andtinted shades - was s pposed to be at the wheel o& this ride. "he shades +ave adar ened sheen to the stron+ presence o& the desert and corresponded weirdlyto the &eel o& the Mind-mas wore in the Motherworld. A ci+arette holder st co t &rom my mo th and it wo ld move when tal ed altho +h co ld not &eel it.

"he scene was bri+ht a s n way past version thirteen thin recently pdated&or an e:ective +la(e and the convincin+ prod ction o& 6ner shadows.Considerin+ we were two &reelance space-shapers this was technical in&ormationwe were e,pected to now. We were paid &or these environments so they had tobe e,tensive# altho +h no one wo ld pay s &or this hearty# rene+ade pro4ect o&o r own a rec less move considerin+ we were wanted &or &o r others already byo r controller. > t so it was o r 4ob and o r mission3 the & ll-scale animation o&settin+s and narratives &rom classic literary te,ts F&ollowed o& co rse# by manylon+# ille+al ho rs o& amboyant dr +-addled testin+G.



"he desert o tside @as e+as slipped convincin+ly by and the lon+ hood o& the6reapple convertible loo ed o t at a ra(or-strai+ht road. Dven the motion o& thed st was part o& the conspiracy to replace reality. My dr +-braced senses wereconvinced. thought was convinced. And so ; with %escartes in mind ; yoco ld say we e,isted# where we tho +ht we were e,istin+.

EHow lon+ do yo have E as ed "hrillman# or my val ed attorney Fas hisappearance corresponded toG. My 9 estion re&erred to the dr +s# b t he wasc rrently s9 irmin+ aro nd# spillin+ all &orms o& virt al bottles and ad4 stin+vario s settin+s &or the world aro nd s. "he sort o& drivin+ where calmconversation occ rred did not seem a priority to him so 9 ic ly reminded him o& his priorities the car swerved bac on the road.

EIo d mb shit yo 8ll +et s all illed<E "his was hardly a threatenin+ possibilityhere b t by now was enterin+ the spirit o& the sit ation and did not wantanythin+ to enco ra+e paranoia at s ch an early sta+e. repeated my 9 estionto my attorney and observed by the position o& his limbs that he was $do ble-timin+*. "his term re&ers to the act o& en+a+in+ in /ealworld activities Fs ch asin+estionG at the same time as Webworld ones. t involved an interestin+ sense o& d ality.

A s rprisin+ly rational answer came o t o& my collea+ e. E %efore they kick in& 7ot lon+ sho ld ima+ine.E He was now holdin+ an mmercam p to his bi+ head#a device that recorded virt al e,periences &or relivin+# viewin+ and editin+ in thereal world# or some dar ened o:shoot. co ld not remember what "hrillman wasli e in the esh altho +h had a +ood impression o& his character &rom all thethin+s we8d been thro +h# the interests we shared and the wor we did onlineto+ether. hadn8t seen him &or years b t was s re we lived in the same area.We shared a cravin+ &or racin+ thro +h the !ensation-!paces# &or the wor o&Webworld-shapin+ itsel&# and the liberties this &oc s-demandin+# manip lativeocc pation - didn8t always - allow s to ta e. Dven now n mero s controllersco ld be o t there loo in+ &or s# tryin+ to reach s tryin+ to trace s thro +ho r thin dis+ ises. "hey wo ld l re s bac event ally to where space wo ldhave to be 6lled and sc lpted# so there was only so m ch time to lose the ability

to remember this &act.

He$$" though # as architects we deserved some time o t. We were literaryenth siasts that needed to wor u c$ose to o r art# inhabit it# fee$ it. We werechroniclers o& the new &reedom in the new 4 n+les to be &o nd online. Here wewere3 @ords amon+ the 7ew Creat res. Most o& all we were dedicatede,perimenters# J08s throwbac alchemists in the style o& the old school and witha hi+h ambition &or breaking on through all available realities at once. Only thistime we hoped to +o all the way. We were see in+ the limits o& o r ownima+inations# the e,tent o& what co ld be witnessed# and whatever the cost was

&or s ch a mission &rom the inhibitors that dwell in the m ndane we wo ld pay.We were the techno-&rea s# the stim li-needy o&ten stoned &re9 ently twisted.



'ood people. Knless it all came to some dead-end# sensory blac o t there waseven# very rarely# the chance to +limpse the shadows o& a ne, s a hole inperception where in6nity lay a wave that i& ca +ht co ld 9 ite inevitably crashapart in a >la ean cleansin+ o& vision one that co ld reveal a path to a spirit alDlysi m the road to the re-attainment o& a nion o& man ind.

E n &act#E said "hrillman# still above the noise o& the car the virt al hi+hway.E'ow .E

@oo in+ across co ld tell that some stran+e si+hts wo ld soon bec on aninvolvement that co ld ood the so l# allowin+ it to revel in e,tended streams o&loosened inp t. My attorney was bracin+ his bi+ b l # bac strai+htened# bellyb l+in+ where the vest &ailed to cover it# le+s opened &or s pport a+ainst the cardoor and head &acin+ p at the & ll s y. His arm stretched o t lan+ idly andt rned p the vol me o& the stereo. "he wind variable over the hood wasspreadin+ o t the hair strands on o r avatars in intri+ in+ patterns.

sat bac and waited my t rn. &o nd had some time &or steady thin in+ be&orethe 6rst wave.

"here was no do bt the Webworlds were +ood. M ch o& society now relied pons ch deception &rom the whole cra&t o& e,perience replication. O r specialty# andespecially here where we navi+ated erratically the reconstr ction o& the style o&H nter ! "hompson and his now seldom-read boo s. "heir e,cl sive position inthe minds o& media-into,icated mat re niversity st dents Fli e o rselvesG

ens red &airly sec re reasonin+ that we wo ld not be dist rbed by manyo tsiders on this trip3 the road was na ed. > t there was m ch to eep onee,cited and entertained# especially i& 6tted o t with one o& the latest and moste,pensive Webs its# which o r 4ob mi+ht soon +ive s a thori(ation to wear.Witho t chemicals tho +h# there wo ld not be the added sense o& absorption no

npredictability and e,pos re to the delicate &orces that co ld be positive#ne+ative or both at once at any moment. !o &ar was impressed with o rdetailed rendition o& the s rro ndin+s. t had 9 ite an impact# b t then the realimpact was now be+innin+?

8'e were somewhere around %arstow on the edge of the desert when the drugsbegan to take ho$d .8

"hese words s ddenly s rro nded s. 'as ( ta$king 7o. realised it was notact ally me tterin+ these words b t the narration had previo sly recorded&rom the ori+inal te,t. "he voice-over had be+ n to enter my mind and mi, withmy own tho +hts. t had - eerily - coincided with the e,act moment that my mindstarted to race# and when a dread& l roarin+ so nd came &rom all aro nd s.

8? and the sky was fu$$ of what $ooked $ike huge bats 8.

yelled o t sharply. tried not to panic in the &ace o& their rapid descendin+ pon



my virt al esh. My attorney was still p shin+ the Chevy webcra&t beyond ah ndred miles an ho r and it was matchin+ my whirlin+ tho +hts that werestr ++lin+ to deal with the pi,els disinte+ratin+ above my avatar8s head. "heywere indeed - +reat bats - that brilliantly# ncannily corresponded with the starto& my own trip. 7ow there was con& sion. "he road and the vehicle reeled as theslow# c mbersome br tes apped themselves in my &ace and started battin+their slimy bodies on the hood. t was 4 st too bri+ht &or this and started to &eela &everish chill. Ies# this Webworld was ic in+ in ; alon+ with the very real andomino s disr ption o& my behavio r &rom the dr +s - and my co-rene+ade and were once more in its throws and respondin+ to it with o r own ni9 e visions.

be+an to be s re o& very little. 'lancin+ at "hrillman co ld tell he too wasstr ++lin+ to distin+ ish between the vis al prod cts o& the dr + reality# andwhat was the reality o& this whole +od-&orsa en idea o& a +ame. ima+inedmysel& sha in+ o: invisible creat res# bac in my sa&e st dy in /ealtime. t was+ettin+ +ly very 9 ic ly.

8 ) *oice was screaming: +Ho$y ,esus- 'hat are these goddamn anima$s&+ Then itwas uiet again. /y attorney was ouring beer on his chest" to faci$itate thetanning rocess .8

Was this still the narration t carried on and made it impossible to nderstandhow it was that someone was spea in+ my tho +hts o t lo d. "hrillman was po rin+ beer on his abby chest# and la +hin+. remember thin in+ the batswere too lar+e# 4 st way o t o& proportion when s ddenly was holdin+ anincredibly realistic y-swatter. lent closer to "hrillman who was heavin+ at thewheel# his arms wavin+ above his head.

EThe bats are too big <E yelled. &elt mysel& sweatin+ my eyes starin+.E%ecrease their si(e it8s no good- E heard my words b t they were still mi,in+with someone else8s. "he real % e8s. Co ld he hear me o t there Was he tryin+to reach me &rom the real world# thro +h my very tho +hts my words "herewas nothin+ to do b t swat madly - ine:ectively - at the +reasy creat res# andama(in+ly they were &ra+mentin+ and shrin in+# becomin+ more el sive. "heywere no lon+er threatenin+ the occ pants o& o r speedin+ car the occ pants o&

a phantom world that we were inhabitin+# and which o r r pt red senses werestr ++lin+ to distort.

sat bac heavily in the seat. "here was only "hrillman8s drivin+ to worry abo tnow# the s dden sic enin+ l rches prod cin+ waves o& e,cited tra ma in the+ ts# and? the &act that was no lon+er holdin+ anythin+. &o nd mysel&reachin+ o t and cl tchin+ a hard# cylindrical ob4ect that simply did not e,isthere in the pastiche interior o& the car. nscrewed the bottle and "ennesseewhis ey &ell b rnin+ down my throat. Whatever $do ble-timin+* thin+y-slash-geeks$ang had made ; well - it was +olden.

"hrillman8s +reat h l in+ slob was now yellin+ at me to stop tal in+. He wo ld



possibly never come to nderstand that at this cr , in o r lon+ lives did notpossess s Lcient awareness to tell i& was tal in+. He seemed more coherenta&ter had n+ an arm o t at his head# which went strai+ht thro +h it o& co rse.

"he hand was absorbed into his 4owls and made his body move li e a whale o to& water.

E ta e care o& the bats and this is how yo re-pay me E he shrie ed. EIo sticyo r hand in my & c in+ head E He re-established control o& the car once moreand thin+s settled down a+ain.

We rode on in a contin ed hi+h o& wild spirits and revelations that came with theattempt o& livin+ o t the very te,t and li&e o& this boo we had s mmoned intoreality. "he worlds we were &astened to# and were tric ed by# vibrated thro +hthe senses. We were livin+ o t a dream and the search &or a dream. 7othin+

mattered when yo were this hi+h and &ree. We were everythin+ and anythin+inside s ch worlds ncontrollable ct ation was the priority. What we had beenthro +h and seen to+ether over the years depends on how star ly yo canima+ine tho +ht-threads to veer o: s ddenly and with no inclination as to wherethey mi+ht lead. @et me 4 st state that cannot be reco ntin+ s ch insatiableadvent res 4 st now. "hat was partly the reason &or the mmercam. We hadsubscribers to please ad*ertisers re9 irin+ s to deliver. !o will only stress mystill lin+erin+ horror &or the bats and the s ddenly ea+er e,pression on the &aceo& my attorney. He was now e,tendin+ the dimensions o& the car beyondacceptable proportions# and had a na ed +irl appearin+ on his - ne,pectedly

tro serless ; lap. !he appeared to be inter&erin+ with the loc o& the steerin+wheel# and was more intent on voicin+ a &ervent ob4ection to this blatantanachronism# when the +irl disappeared as 9 ic ly as "hrillman8s tro sersreappeared.

8/y attorney saw the hitchhiker $ong before ( did. +Let0s gi*e this boy a $ift #E?8

"hrillman8s h +e !amoan avatar8s &ace +rinned maniacally over at me.

E"oo the words ri+ht o t o& my mo th# % e<E he said.

s9 inted ahead and indeed a 6+ re stood by the road a short way ahead o& s.My mind started racin+ a+ain b t was n&a(ed by another hit &rom the invisible

"ennessee. We were in no 6t state &or this# s rely# and was certain we hadn8t6nished codin+ the hitchhi er pro+ram we*d act ally been plannin+ to &eat re atthis 4 nct re. ! ddenly# then# we were &acin+ an n nown on the scene. A +hostin the machine. Any inhibitions ri+ht now co ld be &atal# so ine:ect ally advisedmy attorney to oor it.

"he harmless and el sive heat o& America shoo the road s r&ace and seemed to

s c and dissolve its s bstance. %espite s ch heavy 9 antities o& activity as dden memory slipped into my mind. My mind s ppose# at this sta+e# was



&airly s sceptible to random ima+es yo co ld 4 d+e. However# this speci6cima+e spo ted a bo t o& nostal+ia that +ripped the bottom o& my alreadyna seo s stomach# almost steadyin+ me. t was colo r vivid colo r. %eep# +reenand rich? n&oldin+? and as it n&olded it became more appealin+ an ima+epro&o ndly di:erent &rom this dr +-pi,elated bad cra(iness.

t was memory then# + ess. "an+ible and ndimmed. was - all at once - bac ina +arden with some blan paper be&ore me and a pen nearby &or &ashionin+ thetemperament &or tho +ht 4 st as the stron+ weather inhibited it. t was a str ++le&or &oc s thro +h this pen &or so&tenin+ words speci6cally into an ardently-de6ned# real space be&ore me. "he vicinity o& esh-threatenin+ insects shoc edpast the eardr ms and the embedded plants 6red themselves p at the heat-so rce in a wide# wide# drin -ind cin+ s y. had cast o: the +la(e o& a normalday in the st mblin+ social vac m o& a +atherin+ o& relatives. t wasn8t diLc ltto &ade o: into the bac +ro nd and con&ront the nat re aro nd and within me?

"his was the sense that &o nd me o t a+ain &orty years or so later# in themadness o& the e,otic Webworlds drivin+ a sharp sense o& twisted nostal+ia &orthis restricted past and a cravin+ &or the raw p rity o& paper. "he &resh# white#blan re& +e to be &o nd in paper. t mer+ed with my dar ness in this ed+ytranscendence and ind ced a stri in+ lon+in+ &or this &orm o& &oc s &ar away&rom the +lorio s intensity drawn &rom &reedom in the irt al. At least# remember the paper# b t perhaps it was the memory o& sheer realism resonatin+in the hidden# +reen radiance o& li&e-laden leaves. 7ostal+ic associations e,istedsomewhere there with this resonance this lost time did not want to thin was

lost b t co ld be re-lived.

"here was another ima+e too that had come to mind# precedin+# 6+ red# thes dden +rip o& my memory my paper-cravin+. t was o& o r nei+hbor*s yo n+da +hter wal in+ across lawn +rass# with a +race& l cat &ollowin+ leis relybehind. ! rely a bi(arre# b ried ima+e had tho +ht ; b t an imprintnonetheless# o& calm intensity and reass rance - that o& h man ind and beast atplay and at ease in the Motherworld. n the Bields o& the @ord. rememberrememberin+ it. "he sense o& it had led to the paper.

had nown so many complete involvements with the world ; it was the only way&or me to do thin+s# to be prod ctive and to be &ree ; to apply intensity to allthin+s tho +hts activities. "hen to let the relevance o& them all come streamin+o t thro +h the mind down the pen. 1en . wo ld hold one? &elt m st holdone? and wo ld do? 4 st as soon as "hrillman stopped tryin+ to revive me and

co ld escape all this distraction. "he shreds o& clo d once prepared in the s yearlier were +atherin+ and throbbin+. > t was not an o tcast yet.

EWhere did yo +o to man "his is serious <E

"hrillman8s voice# now timid in its desperation. had been streamin+ o t tosomewhere at the antipodes. tried to +et a 6, on the environment b t it was



hopeless. 'hat were we doing here& Why had we placed o rselves in thisstartlin+ly hollow niverse saw the circle o& the phony s n and it shonestron+ly in my eyes. "here was an ob4ect o& alien blac ness p there# randomlyhoverin+ and movin+ li e a +race& l insect. Almost li e a li&e &orm.

EMa+ni&y to ob4ect.E whispered# li e a stoned Mr. !poc . "he s y &ell in closerand closer as the system bro +ht me the creat re. t was an ea+le# &eathersstreamin+ o t and a sava+e head that 4er ed e,cessively &rom side to side. "hedr + was s rely a:ectin+ it b t it still didn8t present a convincin+ conscio sness

p-close somehow. 'od# its talons were cr de tho +h# and it +lided +race& lly#win+s wrappin+ aro nd the world and 9 ite possibly smellin+ thro +h its bea &orthe blood o& vermin li e s. Bresh cyber-road ill. =erhaps my associate hadshaped this creat re. t was 4 st the sort o& &o l bird o& prey that wo ld hatch&rom his m r y oe vre. An animated brainchild o& the Bran enstein8s monster o&the real world# it wo ld receive mani&estation &rom his s bconscio s recesses his&ears o& bein+ h nted by somethin+ with the +risly potential to &eed on hisworthless + ilt abo t the ne+lected d ties that society demanded. "here waslittle to do bt that this bird# whose eyes were blac holes a+ainst the li+ht#represented to my &riend the - virt al - embodiment o& the entire# lon+# e,tendin+arm o& the law.

"he world went dar a+ain as my shades were replaced on my &ace by "hrillman#his &eat res loomin+ over me.

E%on8t loo at it#E he +asped. E"hen it won8t thin it sho ld now abo t yo ? orthe mission.E His words had a hi+h element o& an+st in them. E plan to ill thebody# yo see# so the head can die.E

6+ red this to be an impressive a&ter-tho +ht and a decisive scheme. > t did here&er to the ea+le or to himsel& wondered.

>y now my stomach was h n+ry &or paper. + lped dryly and saw a+ain thewhiteness with the &eelin+ o& a poised pen# sn + between 6n+er and th mb. > t co ldn8t 6nd my 6n+er or my th mb# and there was 4 st no pen. new held abottle o& whis ey o t there# so this wo ld s Lce &or the moment.

EMan# had to brea the rhythm. (0m so sorry- E ndeed noticed the car wasn8tmovin+. n &act we no lon+er sat in the car. was on the road and my attorneywas standin+ above me.

EIo 4 st ind o& &ell o t o& the car bac there.E "hrillman8s eyes were blan as hep lled me p and dropped me in the passen+er seat. He m st have ta en someether# with a lot o& amyls to accompany it beca se he was swayin+ loosely andhis words po red o t li e yo n+ wine as he ca tio sly res med a potentialposition o& control o& himsel& and the car.

8There is nothing in the wor$d more he$ $ess and irres onsib$e and de ra*ed than



a man in the de ths of an ether binge .8

We were s spended bac in the car and the desert bree(e so nded and seemedsava+e with the convertible*s en+ine idlin+ li e a world war two 6+hter-planepropeller. ! ch was the coc pit o& the !har . had still not reco+ni(ed the otherman sat +l mly in the bac . t loo ed li e some poor O ie id. recalled theshadowy 6+ re whose paper-li e &ace had reached o t to earlier on the road.!ome &ear be+an to ret rn to my intense state o& awareness.

EHe8s a hitcher. > t don8t thin he8s a &riendly.E My attorney was whisperin+ overat me and his e,pression was partic larly npredictable. E!aid he wanted a ridewith s.E

We roared o:.

8How lon+ can we maintain wondered.8 eep calm. @evel the roc iness on thistrip.

We were &ort nate the noise in the car was so dread& l. "he stereo still bla(ed8!ympathy &or the %evil8 in an a thentically tinny and windy er ption. And yeteverythin+ did seem a thentic# even my li&e# despite my loose connection to it.Wo ld this id prod ce any distressin+ vibrations "his was the worry that l r edat the periphery.

EWe? are yo r &riends<E "hrillman sho ted over his sho lder.

8'i$$ he make that grim connection when my attorney starts screaming aboutbats and huge manta rays coming down on the car& 8

wo ld e,plain thin+s. My attorney had re-discovered the chastisin+ powers o&the y-swatter and was battin+ at the virt al air li e a deran+ed# re-animatedclown pestered by invisible wasps. > t there was a visible wasp in this car# sittin+behind s with an n s ally shaped s ll &or an avatar and it loo ed li e wo ldhave to deal with it. Whatever stran+e# severed so l inhabited this id the timehad come &or reason and nderstandin+. t rned slowly ro nd so as not to pset

the landscape o& the desert. +ave him a clean smile &rom the controls.

E want yo to realise somethin+. We are two# lone# dan+lin+# cyber-ma+es whosimply hold some hope o& losin+ attachment to the claims o& e*ery world? ridin+o t in an elation o& e,cess ntil we b rn thro +h.E

'reen leaves seemed to be +rowin+ li e ivy into the boy8s pasty &eat res.

ECan yo hear me E yelled.

He nodded# b t his eyes were li e the ea+les. Was he da(ed or 4 st empty o&so l



contin ed# somehow master& lly elo9 ent3 E"his is what o r va+ e invasion and&renetic appearance in this environment conceals. We are those condemned tobe &ree. And s ch a damnation can only be handled by e,perts with pro&essionaland stalwart ima+inations.E

too a & rther hit &rom the /ealtime "ennessee a&ter the hi+h &rom thisinadvertent barra+e o& artic lation. ! rely had connected with this lost so lthis lost time. My attorney was la +hin+ and sha in+ an item easily similar to adead +erani m.

"he boy8s &ace was a mas o& bewilderment and his words came o t li e adeclaration &or robots &rom some menacin+ science-6ction place.

E am only a !im# a thori(ed &rom )ohn %elta to ass me this partic lar avatar# toin&orm on yo r c rrent activities and noti&y yo that yo r e,pertise is still

r+ently re9 ired &or the on+oin+ %ic ian pro4ect.E

My 'od the bastards were o t there. "hey were sin+ this id and so were at thisvery moment watchin+ s. had the &ear. "hey were act ally tryin+ to +et in at

s# to change s. And this is what we wo ld become i& they s cceeded. No- 7othere at least not li e this.

E don8t tal to civilians. Io 8ll have to +o thro +h my... attorney<E replied &romthe &rontline o& o r special war# +lancin+ over at "hrillman. t rned bac andloo ed o t at the road. " mbleweed bo nced o: the &ront o& the r bber te,t reo& the car and ew p over o r heads.

t only became clear that my attorney was not in the mood &or tal in+ when thedesert replaced the road in &ront o& me. >lood raced to the bac o& o r involvedbrains a+ain as we completed a & ll NJ0-de+ree t rn that p lled the rei+ns o& o rmoment m to a halt. % st on the road billowed p and seemed s spended li ethe dream o& recent speed. "he en+ine had stopped its screamin+. &elt di((inesswash over and then s bside. "he car tipped pwards and then sl mped bacdown on all &o rs.

We tried to in ict some harm on the hitcher id b t only s cceeded in impairin+its vision. We +ot him to vacate the car and le&t him standin+ blan ly at s on theroad. saw him remain rooted and motionless be&ore he mer+ed into thee,a++erated mira+e a scorned Hermes &or the Olympian a:airs o& thecontrollers. Already we were &acin+ ne,pected and deceptive entities# comin+o t o& the mist that enveloped o r attempt to travel beyond the scope o& o rsenses. "here was the contin in+ temptation o& real paper# and now a needyremnant o& o r Webworld responsibilities despatched by the &aceless ones toe,tract s. "he shadow o& the ea+le had brie y &allen across s. was ncertain

more than ever i& that $ id* had indeed been a slave to man or an a+ent o& Foneo& o rG s bconscio s. "he constr cts these days co ld even be hostile. Dither



way we had chosen a path that was not in accordance with its personal missionob4ectives. "he mis+ ided co ld only ma e a hell &or themselves we weren8t+oin+ to stic aro nd and watch the ames.

"he ma+ic o& o r own con4 rin+ was now reachin+ bloated proportions. "hethrobbin+# b ((in+ hive o& ima+es# associations# resonances s mmoned pthro +h o r so ls and dancin+ thro +h the mind be&ore the +hastliness# thedreamy ha ntin+ by 6ends who mas9 eraded as bein+s in a bad cra(iness. "heywere o r enemy. "he machines creatin+ them wo ld claim s i& we did notremain ahead o& their +ame# and my attorney had p lled s bac &rom s ch aned+e.

We raced on towards @as e+as# p shin+ on thro +h ha(ardo s bat co ntry.

was startin+ to &eel dar . "his chapter o& the assi+nment had pea ed and wascomin+ to a close. My mind 9 ailed be&ore the meanin+ o& o r shared presenceand enco nters here. !omethin+ wo ld have to be contained. "a en stoc .

8( was u22$ed. Frustrated. 'as there no communication in this car& Had wedeteriorated to the $e*e$ of dumb beasts& 8

EIo 8re e,tremely val able to me.E yelled above the acceleration at myattorney. E> t ri+ht now have to wear some paper. t8s not 6ttin+ here. needyo to advise me to evac ate immediately.E

!crambled embodiments o& intended interaction. !till a bad si+n o& my condition.ECan co nt on yo r s pport E

!omethin+ ve,ed my comrade when he re+istered my words b t didn8t blamehim &or his st pidity in s ch a crisis.

EIo mean yo 8re +onna 9 it be&ore the ob4ectives are completed and the dreamremains? o t there E A lon+# pointed hand belon+in+ to his torso dri&ted o tabove the car. His head t rned and scr tini(ed my own# separated by timespace so many elements. EO ? + ess we8ll have to bend the plan. >esides# it

seems we8re needed temporarily anyway# in the +ood ole !o rce. >y themagain. E His words were li e dr n en 6sh ca +ht on the hoo s o& his body. EO&co rse 8ll have to accompany yo .E

savo red the sweetness o& the s rro ndin+s# the comprehensive constr ction o& s ch spectac lar cyber-time. =assin+ cacti seemed almost edible as theychan+ed thro +h so&t colo rs. M tated scaven+er-beasts desi+ned by "hrillmanran alon+side the road and every now and a+ain were dissolved nder a swerveo& o r wheels into a bla(e o& red 6re. was drawn to e,amine one o& these poorwretches beca se the car deliberately &ailed to avoid 9 ite a bi+ one and we too

o: into the air &or a & ll min te yin+. &elt at this point li e was becoming them sic and the car detachin+ &rom solidarity# inside the recesses o& everywhere



and nowhere &or a &ew incredible moments co ld &eel an ed+e and the bree(ecomin+ p &rom a vast + l&? be&ore the shrie s &rom "hrillman trailed o: and weret rned to the dod+y road. was &eelin+ alive and inside the very words o&H nter "hompson inside the style and hei+hts o& his recorded mind.

8There was madness in any direction" at any hour3.4ou cou$d strike s arksanywhere. There was a fantastic uni*ersa$ sense that whate*er we were doingwas right" that we were winning3 )nd that" ( think" was the hand$e 5 that senseof ine*itab$e *ictory o*er the forces of !$d and 6*i$3 !ur energy wou$d sim $y

re*ai$. There was no oint in 7ghting 5 on our side or theirs. 'e had a$$ themomentum8 we were riding the crest of a high and beautifu$ wa*e3 So now3

you can go u on a stee hi$$3 and with the right kind of eyes you can a$mostsee the high9water mark 5 that $ace where the wa*e 7na$$y broke and ro$$edback .8

My mind wanted to let +o. "he hood behind the bi+ +ran les o& d st on thewindshield was adoptin+ the rich te,t re o& paper. t billowed o t now be&ore myeyes# enticin+ me to to ch it. !omethin+ had to be tan+ibly recorded# somethin+- & ll - had to be capt red and loc ed down. D,perience m st be t rned loc edinto the banality o& description. !o it co ld be shared in di:erent &orms not 4 stone. Only real art co ld restore all this meanin+lessness# these mani&estations o&empty roles that we played in a ha(e o& realities.

new it then. "hat wo ld attempt to convey this mentality o& the Webworlds the dyin+ to b rn o t and c t the chords tyin+ s to any or all responsibilitye,cept &or the hectic action in act ality itsel&. At least# held this in my mind.

"hrillman was dismissive# 4 st downri+ht base-cra(y. =erhaps some dr +-& elled& t re psycho wo ld be in enced eno +h as to cond ct his own spasmodicodyssey thro +h and beyond his mental &ac lties. wish co ld still be r nnin+on all systems eno +h so as to be able to accompany him.

Bor the moment tho +h# the chemicals were easin+ p and &elt a desire &or anocean o& li9 or. &elt the need to &all o t o& this world and remember somethin+ was not s re completely wanted to &or+et. !o almost on a whim 4ac ed-o t.Hell? li&e itsel& was a whim with e,a++erated plannin+ behind everythin+. !o

lost the car and the desert and a 6nal +limpse o& "hrillman8s persona# which worean e,pression o& intensity that t rned towards me as m st have be+ n tovanish to his si+ht. His e,pression seemed to +row more intense and an,io s 4 stbe&ore everythin+ vanished? into?

O%T OF THE O!ERLA"& A'D ('TO SO#E )A)ER

?a &amiliar room that lay all aro nd me# yet still l mino s inside the mas . &elt



this was an occ rrence not to be dist rbed or 9 estioned too thoro +hly. tseemed nat ral eno +h. seemed to be l rchin+ in the com&ort o& a chair in myst dy. My arms slowly moved to &eel the arms o& this chair and? &o nd theycorresponded. 7ot only that there was the &eel o& the arms o& the chair beyond

4 st the loo o& them. "his chair act ally e,isted. was home.

Home still reeled li e the "itanic Webworlds had end red. waited somemin tes &or thin+s to settle. =owerin+ down the e9 ipment# now the li+ht o& thereal world ret rned was bac in the arms o& the sava+e mother. "he li+htbehind the c rtains was stron+er p rer. A spilt bottle o& whis y was beside meon the oor and my mind was still incensed# tryin+ to calc late the e,pense o&this tra+edy.

"his was a precario s time the severin+ o& s ch an involvin+ ride and the ret rnto limitation hardness o& &orm the l r in+ shadows o& responsibilities.Orientation o& limbs was di:erent heavily a tomatic. However &elt o still wiredand nconcerned. O r responsibilities involved the ne+lect o& responsibility andthe &ashionin+ o& the ability to ne+lect them in others. And &elt this wo ldevent ally mean the end. A&ter whatever dreams had been reali(ed# there co ldonly be the & ll release the 6nal one. Only when everythin+ had beenima+inatively depicted beyond inspired levels o& e,a++eration co ld the tr th bebetter nown.

released mysel& &rom the e9 ipment and sta++ered o tside into the +arden.O t o t to somewhere. !omewhere? wild? and menacin+. A blindin+ li+ht andmy da(ed 6+ re crawlin+ within it beneath it li e nder a ma+ni&yin+ +lass.

t was too m ch &or my concentration. &elt wiped o t. mana+ed to +et p ontona sea waves and s r& bac inside the ho se &or re& +e. >ac into the s bd edst dy where was able to salva+e remnants o& the whis y# an entire ream o&paper and a smart blac writin+ pen. A&ter a care& l rest tried a+ain. "he tidebe+an to ebb. A&ter all# said wo ld 6nd p re words to salva+e meanin+ o t o&all this# and# even i& nothin+ cohesive emer+es &rom this +limpse into an abyss# itmay ; at least - save me &rom the Fa$$ing < !o?

8The decision to ee came sudden$y .8 "he voiceover was lon+ +one b t mymemory o& the ori+inal te,t still new an appropriate line.

la nched a+ain &rom the ho se and swam thro +h the li+ht o t into the +arden.t was s mmer and its & ll &orces were rallied a+ainst me. t was n&air b t had

to be there inside it all to swell s Lciently and be+in the tas o& writin+. neededto live o t and realise this anti9 ated dream that had bro +ht me o t o& thevirt al desert# and to doc ment with & ll commitment whatever it was that hadact ally done so. be+an to &eel my least &avo rite press res be+innin+ to swoopdown pon my shattered remains. Hono r and a sense o& p rpose were pon me.

ad4 sted the tinted mirrors was &ort nate to somehow be wearin+. =erhaps thisassi+nment had &ailed be&ore it had be+ n# hindered by the del sions o& idealists.



did &eel tho +h# as +rasped the pen and slipped into a &amiliar ind o& creativeow# that wherever my mentally misled desires bled to it wo ld be worth the

e,perience to &ollow# and maybe one day# st mblin+ o t into a place s ch as this+arden and reachin+ &rom within s ch twisted hei+hts o t towards &resh ones#that wo ld loo aro nd &or an inability to reco+ni(e a ind o& meanin+ ineverythin+ and 6nd it? +one. And then? wham-

$Created cra(iness? We are all travelers# movin+ thro +h the am sin+ places# internal ore,ternal. Witnessin+ reactions and actions themselves be&ore s. "ho +hts &rom the mindin a moment# interlaced with &eelin+s drawn o t or described here. ma+es and statesthat in ence. "he wild abandon o& receivin+ the world. A constant ha(e o& cra(inessa:ected to deter pathetic tendencies o& timidity and sanity. Bor this is the draw o& thedr +s. And these were what we in+ested to obtain the &reedom. "he dar consolidation or

nion to share and empower the yol s in o r s lls by dist rbance o& the or+an-systems.'on(o perception ; all e,panse and e,a++eration# chemical perception ; so overblownthat anythin+ e,amined becomes insi+ni6cant and contrived in comparison to the &ren(ythat the characters see to chain themselves to. And in this way everythin+ isapprehended# overt rned and made into prod cts o& insanities. Hence nothin+ can betr sted while the states 6, s into lines o& behavio r. Hence are we tools to theevol tionary &orce and not &ree to $ose the 'ame o& >ein+ ; despite what levels o&pro,imity we may ac9 ire to s ch &reedom. We are all dr + +hosts not at all able to +obeyond momentary 4oy# while see in+ it o t in stran+e obsessions behavio rs o& theeveryday. !o# &or the collaborators o& e,cess# the voya+e beyond &ear becomescomp lsive# a thrillin+ ride that creates some cra(iness &rom o r con6nement. And was itto be hard won to s stain. A whole state o& bein+ a whole representation o& sel& inanother sphere# livin+ and b rnin+ o t in the worlds8 open hands li e the s n. "h s can it

all 4 st happen so we can loo bac and la +h at o r invincible attit de and sel&-sla +hter# revelin+ in some place and in some time. t wears o: so these s rvivors can bemellow and remember the shine o& the cra(iness raw post res o& +lorio sly lost andine:ect al powers in the yo n+. A wise# mornin+ smile passin+ between two old &riends#sharin+ the bittersweet taste o& the memories and the bond o& s rvival the evol tionaryle+acy that we sp rned deliberately to +o and live in hi+her and closer spectr ms.*

T he yo n+ man ceased his written prod ctivity# his ind l+ent spill o&literat re and stood p sha ily &rom the +arden table. He s rveyed thecloisters o& his own cl stered shapes on the paper. t was stained with themar s and slashes &rom the pen# the arran+ement o& the torrent &rom hisso l. "hey had come &rom somewhere and had needed some sc lptin+a&ter the thrill o& it. t had &elt +ood o& co rse cleansin+. "he readin+thro +h o& it was & l6llin+ the streamin+ attempt at re-capt rin+ the

avo rs o& his &reedom. "hey lay now in the paper it was similar to someo& his virt al space-shapin+ wor le&t accessible and o t there &or others#dri&tin+ li e the eternally-per&ormed plays o& !ha espeare did. t a:ected

him to read it. Words still held some partic lar ind o& e:ect# a ind o&bea ty. t seemed dim tho +h# compared to the massive reception o&



tho +hts and e:ects that co ld be received &rom some cyberspaces. @i ethe 7e roceans. @i e his 'on(o world. > t he was & ll p and sic o& pensand paper now tho +h. He wandered away.

He had come down a veil o& pro&o nd and dr n en lethar+y was ponhim. He wo ld collapse soon into sleep.

A so nd at the bac o& his head +athered slow prominence ntil it wasevidently comin+ &rom somewhere in the ho se. t became nown to himas the &ront doorbell.

When he opened the door he reco+nised a ha++ard-loo in+ yo n+ manmainly by the loo in his eyes. He was thinner and taller than his recentincarnation.

EHi.E "hrillman spo e almost aw wardly a&ter a short silence. >oth menloo ed bem sed by the chan+ed appearance o& the other. "hen "hrillmanbeamed an old smile that was broad and belon+ed on a l natic. E don8t

now why b t this time had to come and see yo .E

"hey tottered inside to+ether# plainly sha en p still more by the dr +sthan anythin+ else. "hey spo e little beca se each &elt there was not m chto say. "hey dr n sti: whis ies to+ether and it seemed the li9 id 6lledtheir veins &rom the core o& the belly o twards. "hey ca +ht a +limpse o&themselves as they lin+ered in &ront o& a mirror and it bro +ht home to the

man 4 st how lon+ it had been since they had last seen each other li ethis. t mi+ht have been the dr +s b t they both loo ed old beyond theiryears. "heir senses were tired &rom the non-e,istent landscapes they &edon.

"hey wandered o tside into the li+ht. "he +arden was littered with a &ewleaves o& paper that had been torn o t o& the ream by the bree(e. "heyscratched over the +rass and a co ple had st c to the base o& a nearbytree.

EIo 8ve been writin+ o t here E "hrillman as ed. His tone was mildlyama(ed.

E t8s diLc lt to e,plain. t was why 4ac ed-o t. thin . A memory. 4 stwanted to re-live the &eelin+ + ess. A sense o& the con6nes o& the realand rational.E He si+hed. EWell# it was a whim 9 ite satis&yin+.E He pa sedand they watched another co ple o& sheets o& paper ta e o: and moveaway within the +arden. He smiled and added# EWe8re still ind o&

4o rnalists. And we mi+ht never +et thro +h to where we want to +o#remember.E He new this man standin+ nearby so well# he tho +ht. "hey

had played o t so many lives and roles. "hey had s rvived so manycombats# had challen+ed so many o& the evil elements that e,isted online.



"heir e,periences to+ether &ormed most o& their relationship. How m ch o& it all was relevant here# ri+ht now Comm nication co ld be pro&o ndbetween characters when they shared space in the virt al. > t here it hada di:erent relevance more o& a dependence. t was aimed a+ainst theoppression o& the power& l s rro ndin+s in this +arden where leavesr stled in a &resh bree(e. Here he needed his &riend. Words weredeliberate. "ho +ht was controlled. ma+ination chec ed by s chpresence.

E won8t ever s rrender to it#E he said.

"hrillman was watchin+ him# b t didn8t reply. !o a&ter a pa se he spo ea+ain# E 8m +onna +o & rther o t#E and he wal ed o t o& the bac +ate o&the +arden and into a 6eld behind.

"hrillman went with him.

EIo 8re s re yo sho ldn8t sh t down ) st &or a while E as ed "hrillman#cl tchin+ his drin li e a li&e-line.

E probably sho ld? really. !oon.E

"hey emer+ed into the wide# +reen space. He &elt stran+e. He co ld not+et a hold on anythin+.

As they stood in the open 6eld near his ho se the man tried to &eel theret rn o& the breath o& the world and its slow hold over his bein+. He &elthe and it were str ++lin+ in this. His mind was vacant# &oc sed beyond theswayin+ +rass stems. He tho +ht o& an 'o+h the painter +oin+ mad &roma renderin+ o& s ch vivid# rampant li&e.

!till 6lled with the &eel o& the Webworld he had recently emer+ed &rom# he&elt that here he was almost invisible a +host in the nat re machinedisconnected. His mind &elt a r sh o& &ati+ e and he swooned 6ercely and&ell towards the +ro nd. t had not happened this time. > t it wo ld

happen shortly. "he meetin+ o& the abyss. "he ed+e o& reality. He wo ldeat the whole o& the @ot s. "he dr +s and the slee devices had loosenedli&e o t &rom nder him.

"hrillman moved 9 ic ly to where his &riend8s body was already headed.Once ca +ht# sec rely# his &riend lay bac 9 ic ly and closed very l cid#dreamy eyes. He tho +ht o& the &eel and presence o& "hrillman8s characterand what it meant to him now how he needed to reach o t and bereass red that "hrillman was simply there a presence.

+otcha b ddy.



His last tho +hts were o& the & nctionality o& a li&e and its ant-li e activity. "o+ether they mi+ht possibly have mana+ed to deny its hold over them bysimply r nnin+ and r nnin+ in a +reat h nt that was lost and wo ld eepon r nnin+ thro +h l sh and ct atin+ &orests?

>e&ore he blac ed o t he tho +ht he &elt - as he had &elt in similar waysbe&ore# in the 7e roceans - the mer+er o& everythin+ into one. t camewith ima+es o& heat &rom a billion b rnin+ dreams comin+ p &rom ; a+reat abyss - to shape it contin ally in its hei+ht. He cl n+ to hiscompanion then as the conscio sness o& his so l slipped thro +h the+ro nd to &eel its te,t re and the te,t re o& millions o& shinin+# whitepieces o& paper that stretched o t into rivers &rom so ls r nnin+# crowdin+towards a vast ocean that was the wind and the s n and the earth and theprod ct o& an ima+ination all at once.

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