Atmospheric Disturbances 6

Everything that has happened in Leo's life has only been causing him greater and greater confusion. He began questioning whether his wife was real. That led him to Buenos Aires where he began to wonder whether Rema had another husband. Whil this is happening he is still wondering about Harvey,the Royal Academy of Meterology, and their enemy, the 49 Quantum Fathers. He is having great difficulties trying to rationalize everything so he calls the number he believes to be the Royal Academy Of Meterology and, "Our "conversation" was not progressing well, and then on impulse I dropped Harvey's name-which I of course immediately regretted doing-but suddenly there was a little bit of tender piano music,I was being transferred"(Galchen 110). He is receiving more and more evidence that the Academy is real. This is hard for him to accept because he had always assumed that it was something in Harvey's head. He is slowly coming to accept things that may seem a little far-fetched. They have a conversation and he is only more disoriented afterwards. He is having a hard time dealing with this and, "Just as I was beginning to successfully forget about that phone conversation, I saw Harvey"(Galchen 168). His appearance shocks Leo initially as they catch up on what has happened to each other. Harvey seems to know that Leo's wife is a fake and offers his help in resolving his problem. This raises many questions in Leo's quest for the truth. He doesn't remember telling him that he thought Rema was a fake. However he accepts his help as they begin to try and discover the truth.
Now that he has begun to accept these things he has new fears. He is starting to fear the 49 Quantum Fathers and wonders what they're capable of. He wondered if, "The 49 had perceived the actual weaknesses in my marriage, that Rema and I had been targeted because the 49 wagered that given the attenuated state of our relationship, I actually might not notice,or respond to, the swap(Galchen 200). He is starting to believe that the Quantum Fathers had something to do with the disappearance of the real Rema. With Harvey by his side there are a lot of questions that have appeared. This book shows how much power the mind has over our actions. He believed that his wife disappeared and a fake replaced her and this led him to do a lot of things peopel would call crazy and irrational.