Lew Basnight: spoilerish

[Joseph T]

Yes to the karmic opposition to Deuce. They are both always working  
for others in dark terrain and have to decide whether to be used for  
sordid ends or to draw lines.  Lew does. Deuce doesn't but  is  
offered a long chance to think it over. Still doesn't.

Dynamite plays a big role for both. For Lew as a kind of door to pass  
through death and as  a mind altering communion feast. Deuce is  
working to put out the power of the anachist's dynamite but puts out  
his own light.and dynamic and ends up endlessly repeating his  
miserable attempt to get off on being a hired killer.
They are both relatively friendless and unable to really connect to  
other people, though Lew seems to realize what he has missed when he  
looks at the magic time photos of Troth. Maybe his kinky sex with  
Lake is the beginning of something more friendly, since Deuce is  
moving out of the picture.

Since dynamite is a kind of religious force in ATD I thought these  
wikipedia references apt.

The word dynamite comes from the Greek word δυναμις (dunamis),  
meaning power, and the Greek suffix -ιτης (-itēs), meaning small.

] Oracle of Dunamis
In Greek mythology, the Oracle of Dunamis (ca. 1400 BCE), believed to  
have been situated south of the island of Rhodes, contained a statue  
of a man who was to lead humanity into a time of spiritual  
prosperity. Early Christians assigned this to Jesus in support of  
Biblical prophecies.

  Aristotle
The word dunamis appears in Aristotle's works as a term for what is  
only potentially real. The word can be translated by such terms as  
power, capacity, potential, potency, capability and faculty (ability,  
skill, or power). Aristotle contrasted dunamis with energeia.

  Christianity
In Christian theology "Dunamis" is sometimes used in conjunction with  
the Holy Spirit.[1] It describes the activities of the Holy Spirit as  
believers receive Him (Acts 1:8, 10:38). From the same root derives  
the English words dynamic or dynamite.