I'm trying to sort out an odd transaction. I talked about inventiveness. I said that strange stories follow inventive people around, because invention itself parts company with normality. Invention is revolution. Invention is a trip into an uncharted land.
Invention is eccentricity.
It can be no other. It was an ingenuous question, but one I couldn't take lightly. It was one of those questions that someone asks when he isn't looking for information. This fellow saw the issues with perfect clarity. I felt in my bones that he'd voiced the question because he hoped he could get a new answer.