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Email from Dale -Some thoughts

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Sunny du Pree
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Email from Dale -Some thoughts

Sunny,
I've been meaning to write you again the last couple of days and just got
entirely consumed by the research, reading, and investigation I've been doing,
trying to figure out how to get Wes back and what to make of my experience with
the guides and my "journey." In the last 72 hours, I've basically read or
skimmed through the entire list of books that Wes had checked out of the
Aglaura Library recently, with a couple of exceptions. Sam managed to find all
but two of them in stock at the Library; the others had already been checked
out by someone else. Unfortunately, even though there was a lot of interesting
and entertaining ideas in the books, I haven't come up with any definitive
connections or references to the "dead eye" guys and what has been going on
around here. Maybe I'm missing something obvious or maybe Wes found something
that I haven't so far. Or maybe it's in the two books Sam couldn't get, I don't
know. In any case I'm going to keep looking.
Sam keeps telling me I'm pushing myself too hard, staying up all night, hardly
eating etc. But I just can't seem to sleep or even relax. When I do fall
asleep, it's because I've passed out at the computer or the desk. I had strange
dreams last night, many of them just quick but disturbing fragments. I can't
remember the details of them all, but they left me with a vague sense of
discomfort and fear. In one of them that I do partially recall, I was standing
outside, alone, in the dark of night. The only source of light was a full moon
above me. I saw a figure, a man I think, approaching in the distance. He was
still too far away to make out clearly. I felt a strange sense of urgency and
excitement mixed with apprehension as I watched him draw closer. Finally, just
as he was getting close enough to perhaps see his face, the moon suddenly went
dark, as if something blotted it out from the sky. In the darkness, I hear his
footsteps continue to approach, until I can tell that he must be right before
me, though I can't see a thing in the pitch blackness. I almost feel his warm
breath on his face as I see a very faint reddish glow sparkle into life where
his eyes should be. They get brighter and brighter, until they almost seem to
be aflame in the dark. And then, the dream ended. More than ever since Wes is
gone, I feel like I, we, are running out of time. We, I, need to do something,
and soon.
Let's start with Wes. I've been thinking a great deal about why the "dead eyes"
would have taken him, if they did. Sure, it may have just been because of his
interference with them while he and the guides from mythosphere were trying
to "bring me home", but there seems to be something more to it. When I thought
about it, it seems like these people, whoever they are, have had an unusual
interest in Wes almost since all this began. Or at least from the time he found
that strange disc. In fact, I remember him telling me that's the one thing they
specifically asked him about when they came into his shop. Even though it feels
like I have more trouble remembering things each day, I'm pretty sure Wes
mentioned that in the same e-mail or conversation when he told me he had sold
the disc. And then the disc, or one very similar to it, played a role in
the "visions" I had after going back to Ash Grove Park. So I'm convinced that
the disc is somehow a critical part of this whole puzzle and that it may be why
the dead eyes were so interested in Wes. Which leads me to two other questions.
First, if these guys have Wes now, we are they still watching his shop? Do they
know about the notebook in the safe and how it may reveal something about the
disc and the man who bought it from Wes? It doesn't seem like they do, or I
think they would have gone in and at least attempted to get the notebook out.
So far there's been no sign they have done that. And these guys haven't seemed
at all reluctant so far to go after whatever they want. So why watch Wes'
store, if they already have him? Maybe they are watching for someone to come
looking for Wes there, but Sam has said that he's pretty certain they have seen
him go in there once or twice over the last week or so, and haven't approached
or confronted him at all. If they knew about the notebook, wouldn't they try
and stop Sam when he left, in case he managed to get it out of Wes' safe?
Something just doesn't add up.
Secondly, what is the connection between Wes, Sarah Wyatt, and these strange
people, the dead eyes? From the picture Sam found of Sarah that he showed me,
I'm certain the girl in my vision was Sarah. Everything fits - the house with
the artwork in it, her appearance, and the themes and elements in her work. Do
you think it's a little too coincidental that Wes happened to own that
sculpture Sarah did, the one that obviously seemed to hold some very special
meaning or value to him? And then he happened upon a disc apparently made by
her as well? While wandering through the Pine Barrens? Finally, at the same

time, a trunk load of Sarah's stuff is turning up in Aglaura, containing among
other things, that manuscript page that Sarah referred to when she spoke to me.
A few too many coincidences for me. Again, there seems to be something missing
here, something to explain how this all makes sense and ties together.
Which leads us up to where we are today and what Sam and I are planning to do.
First, since I'm not on the best of terms with her and still basically trying
to stay out of sight, Sam has agreed to go talk to Phyllis Willingham about the
manuscript page after work today. He's got a perfect excuse, as he needs to go
see her about the Library Auction anyway, so he's going to try and talk to her
about the manuscript page too. He actually dreamed up an idea to try and sell
her on developing a web page or even an entire site about the manuscript page
and try to convince her she'll be able to sell it for more by doing so. If
anything could convince her, that would be it. He's going to offer to do it for
free for her if she's willing, which of course would necessitate him getting a
hold of it for at least a short while. Keep your fingers crossed and hope Sam
is as good at acting as he at computer stuff.
While Sam is doing that, I'm going to go down to Wes' and do a couple of
things. Of course I'm going to try the safe again. I've gotten a few very good
suggestions based on speculation about the rodin + sunflower connection that
I'm anxious to try. I'm also going to search thoroughly for anything else that
may be related to Sarah Wyatt, anything Sam and I may have overlooked in our
quick check of the place previously.
Don't worry, I will be very careful. There's too much at stake and too many
people counting on me to take any unnecessary risks now. I'll try and check
back in with you tonight yet, if at all possible, and let you know how Sam and
I make out.

Thanks for your help and support through this.

Dale

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Sunny Du Pree
I dreamed a dream and now that dream has come for me

Posted: Thu May 15, 2003 3:08 pm

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