 one of the joys of it for me is similar to an experience I have when I'm reading, which is that like when I'm reading, say, Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield isn't my friend or my spouse or my anything. I'm inside of his mind insofar as that's possible. And that does feel sort of miraculous to me. And that is a big part of what I love about stories is being able to kind of escape that prison of oneself