Commentary: The events behind this story happened when I was in university. At the time, I was living in residence on a floor that was partially underground, and the residents of that floor came to be known as “moles” to everyone in the higher floors. This was by far and away the most severe fever that I had ever experienced, and my mind split into two parts: one part that I could not control which performed complex mathematical calculations by brute force, and one part that could only watch the other part. Unfortunately, the entity known as “me” was in the second part. Over the course of about 8 hours, a solution got closer and closer. When the solution finally came, my fever broke at the same time. I have no idea what the calculations signified.
August 2nd