The purpose of fiction, 822-826

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(One of) The (main) purpose(s) of fiction, 822-826?

Well, you know what they say about denial- it's just a river.

I did note, and not without some self-reflection, that Bevis,
after his disappearance from "the mission," turns up again,
having encountered his own "special and private" ultraviolet
catastrophe- none the worse for the wear, I might add.

It's enough to make one think that p has been eavesdropping
on the effects of his own creation(s). Sort of the literary
equivalent of the anthropic principle (there I go again).
One of the biggest effects being the irresistible urge to
decrypt it, only to find reflection.

Maybe just another purpose of fiction?


  Ostensibly, the scene shifts to a discussion of "the world's
  most enigmatic river"

Thanks, Paul