"Do you understand? Do you understand this insane need to be larger than what you are, something that you will never be but you try to achieve anyway? Do you feel like you will die if you don’t continue to chase it, even though you know you will die if you do?"

"So I discovered a new source of energy, something that relies on neurological transmissions. Something that is infinitely more powerful than solar, petroleum, and very much more efficient than even nuclear energy."

"I want to take these things and go to space. I want to go to another dimension, the fourth dimension. I don’t want to live on this stupid three dimensional world any more."

"And I realized with a shattered soul that there was no truth. There never was a truth because truth didn’t exist, truth never did exist and all that was around us were perceptions from flawed perspectives."

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Sorry for the long hiatus. This year has been crazy. I've mulled over this story idea for a long time -- prior to even joining AFF -- and hopefully it will get off the ground soon. 

Tone, backdrop, themes inspired by:

Franny and Zooey, Catcher in the Rye (both by Salinger), Into the Wild, Doctor Stories (William Carlos Williams), and Going After Cacciato.