"Flying Rats"

 (Vatchi): No, Sotto, you are not "connecting dots left better unconnected." If I may extrapolate your thought, I'm getting a picture of the method to Jim's madness, a madness he does not fully know and a method he is still discovering.

   Your thoughts leave me with an impression, an analogy of sorts. The facts of Jim's life are like a bag of bones, disconnected. Some facts, naturally, are more important than others. His emotions seem to be almost like the muscles by which he's trying to pull this skeleton back together. What a scattered mess when the centrifuge stops spinning.

   Sotto, I really don't know. He seems to be trying and rambles haltingly. Give him a chance. Let us give him a chance. Let's just step back and listen, for now.

from All Drinking Aside (Rough Draft, Day 6)