Atmospheric Disturbances 4

After everything that has happened, he is still not closer to the truth he is seeking. He is looking but he is not actually getting anywhere. After his research in the library he is still lost. This is when suddenly, "I knew with the most certainty what to do next"(Galchen 60). He decides to go to Buenos Aires to see if the place where Rema grew up could help him. Even though he is a very logical person he seems to come to a lot of conclusions in his life off of his feelings. He likes to use a logical process to seek his answers but that is not how he usually reaches a decision. He feels that he can't tell the fake Rema the truth about his trip to Buenos Aires. He makes an excuse by saying, "something had changed and I just needed to get away"(Galchen 61). This is obviously not a good reason but he doesn't like lying. Therefore he is trying to keep it vague so he can avoid lying. Once he sets his mind to something he will do anything to try and achieve it.

When he is leaving he remembers when he and Rema first met. He remembers thinking, "Normally people's conflation of psychoanalysis with psychiatry irritates me profoundly..but when Rema conflated the two,I was not irritated"(Galchen 66). When she does something that he dislikes, he isn't irritated because he is in love with her. Her cares deeply for her and that is why he feels that finding Rema is so important.