instructions/ a brief history: this was written in the latter part of the year 1999. now in early 2001 i revisited it. there are parts i don't like, but i decided that it was better off not being edited. a lot of it is ringing echoes in strange places for me under different circumstances now.

the song lyrics link to different beginning points in the story. the story, however is linear and linking to different places with just place you earlier or later in the story. after the song, the linear direction of the story can be followed using the text links. the small arrows like this one: > determine a partial path through the story as described by colin in an early version he titled "distancing". the alternate title for the storyspace version of this piece is dreamlike & distant.