Stephen: the eccentric entomologist -- Heather: a world that revolves around a different axis -- Justin: listening to the architecture of the world -- Zachary: an obsession with death -- Sharon: seeing other minds darkly -- William: a world without metaphor -- Teddy: incongruous time, incongruous development -- Sally, Ann, and Danny: accepting the enigma, moving beyond the cause -- Trevor: mobiles and "miracles" -- Ernest: the view from the bridge -- Frankie: learning and forgetting at school -- Sophie: acceptance without resignation.