[But is speculation valuable enough to risk following a wrong path, he wonders. While the saying that nothing ventured is nothing gained, in absence of moderation a path doggedly stuck to is time lost.

But that, perhaps, is something close to home. And that he would think it is indicative of an unfinished mystery in the waking world, not here.

So.]

𝚈𝚎𝚜... 𝚆𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎.
𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍.

[And:]

𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕.