We do, however, get more information about his new companion, giving a sense of continuity that might otherwise be lacking in the tale and lessening the sense of crushing loneliness Zax faces others. It takes its time flitting between different realities, giving little slivers of world building – appropriately, though, as even with stimulants Zax can only stay awake so long and doesn’t get to experience much of any world. And once it was a narrow escape, as said companion was keen on vivisection…
Sometimes he feels good helping them find better lives, and sometimes it breaks his heart. For three years he’s traversed the multiverse, occasionally taking on a companion, but most of them eventually find a world to stay in while Zax has no choice but to keep travelling. When Zaxony Delatree – Zax – falls asleep, he wakes up in another universe. “I yawned – one of those bone-cracking yawns so immense it hurts your jaw and seems to realign the plates of your skull – and staggered against the bar.”
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