Chapter 10: Biking the Bardo

In Chapter 10, the narrator pedals the strange, aromatic Broadwalk of the Bardo with a companion named Ken of the Travelers encountering third-eyed denizens, on his wobbly bardonic vehicle. Reflections on identity in a dreamlike waiting room. The episode wanders through digressions about shoes and shoe-throwing, failed teaching jobs and janitorial work, and the slow, ambiguous lessons, with a side-eye to legendary Chinese physician Sun Simiao's Ghost Map, of patience, power, and self-discovery while awaiting admission to the Academy of the Dream Society.