And as we (the editors) consider this entry – the content and the timing and the implications (Xmas eve, for heaven’s sake!) – it seems all the more likely that maybe this moment (this voyage at least), was a nexus or a rubicon for all involved, both a gathering and a dispersal, for it was soon after this (maybe during this) that much of their various futures were decided: Sebastian, as suggested, heading to Brazil, Christoph to Argentina, Helene to New Zealand, Jayson and Nattie to NYC. And the more we analyze and poke at this experiential Dreamscape, the stronger the urge to apply allegory and deeper significance, even while “reality” strongly resists such tidy reckoning. Nonetheless there it is.

–Eds.