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There are few things that perturb Dirk Gently, his profession having prepared him for the worst out there. Applying quantum theory to the process of solving cases isn’t an easy task and the fundamental interconnectedness of everything makes the possibility of a direct answer almost impossible. Sieving through the excessive stimuli available to us and deducing the connections between it and the various offerings of the universe does, however, open one’s mind to the presence of several plains -- not to be confused with planes, a staple of religious philosophies -- of existence in the universe . Naturally, once an awareness is achieved, it is only a matter of time before one starts experiencing certain phenomenon. It is generally not pre-planned; planning such events is the forte of physicists and evil geniuses working in labs and no matter how much Dirk would have liked to join the ranks of these noble professions, he will begrudgingly admit that there are certain qualifications needed that he does not possess. Therefore his visit is more of an accident, a result of a universal quirk that might open up new opportunities for him.
While intercontinental travel can be mildly disorienting-- what with the change in time zone, atmospheric density, geographical topography and the not-so-subtle cultural differences -- inter-dimensional travel, on the other hand, is downright uncanny.