[ There's still a part of him, even after meeting John Irving, even knowing that he's in a dream, that remains convinced that this part of the unrealness is especially not real.
It's true enough that people dream about celebrities. But Captain Fitzjames from the doomed Franklin expedition Papa told him about on one of his custody days when he was like 12 isn't really that, he's just... a notable figure in history most Americans don't even know of.
But he still makes the walk. All the way to Lakeside, in fact, where he's been told Captain Fitzjames resides. He's not sure what the goal of the visit is—obviously he has some questions he'd like to ask if this is actually real, but he's not really at the step of mentally composing them yet. He's just seeing if anyone answers when he knocks on the front door of the cabin with the correct number on it.
So that's what he does. He stands there catching his breath after the trek and knocks on, allegedly, Captain James Fitzjames' door. ]
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It's true enough that people dream about celebrities. But Captain Fitzjames from the doomed Franklin expedition Papa told him about on one of his custody days when he was like 12 isn't really that, he's just... a notable figure in history most Americans don't even know of.
But he still makes the walk. All the way to Lakeside, in fact, where he's been told Captain Fitzjames resides. He's not sure what the goal of the visit is—obviously he has some questions he'd like to ask if this is actually real, but he's not really at the step of mentally composing them yet. He's just seeing if anyone answers when he knocks on the front door of the cabin with the correct number on it.
So that's what he does. He stands there catching his breath after the trek and knocks on, allegedly, Captain James Fitzjames' door. ]