sonic-overload

The chapter explores Travers' struggle with overwhelming and invasive sound in a densely populated, technologically saturated future society. Unable to find effective earplugs, he resorts to makeshift solutions to block out the constant noise, which deeply affects his mental state and daily life. Travers' only solace is Deidre, a vivid and seemingly real woman who exists in an alternate or past reality, providing him emotional refuge from his bleak environment.