Free-write - Hard-Boiled Wonderland...

There are plenty of signs in that link the two stories (or worlds) like paper clips and skulls and the librarian. But is the librarian the same person in both worlds? I have many other questions as well. Why unicorns and unicorn skulls? Is the unicorn skull the professor gives the protagonist real, or is it really fake as he says. The skull in the real world does begin to glow just like in the protagonist's subconscience. Why don't the characters have names, yet many famous people in pop culture are mentioned. The main character shares many interests with the author Haruki Murakami. Is this how he generates his characters in his novels? When the protagonist makes a mistake counting the coins in the elevator, is this a sign for things ahead? How do days go by in his subconscience when only hours have gone by in the real world?