2. The framework of the story allows a great many sentences that would be meaningless in a realistic narrative. How do we make sense of a sentence like "Daniel was twenty again" and what do such sentences do to our interpretation of the more conventional assertions around them?

3. What does Daniel know of the present situation and what sorts of things does he seem unaware of?

4. Is Dr. Matsui right when she says that there is, "Apart from you, no Daniel"? Does her statement mean more than she intends it to?

5. This story, published in 1985, alternates between a remembered 1970 and an imagined 2000. How does each of those three time frames alter our perspective on the other two?