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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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And in many ways, these physical manifestations of feelings, as well as rememberences of the past are far more substantial than anything happening in the present to the characters. I like that view, that something isn't real, isn't solid until it's a memory. You don't really know a moment's true shape and form while it's ocurring. Only once you've experienced it, processed it, and internalized it does it become solid.

I'm on page 530, btw. The finish line is in sight.

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Add to that Toru's desire to have everything "concrete" in this very non-concrete fluid world - perhaps it is his need to make these things physical objects so he can deal with them?