Kafka on the Shore #23

Chapter 32:

Nakata is predicting lightning again. The cat doesn't understand him. He is taking his time. So much talk about time. Time.

The stone reminds me of the Holy Grail but it's not that.

Rain=catharsis? But they are not getting wet. So, the world around them is changing? But they are not?

Nakata- empty inside. like a shell with no essence. The half a shadow thing again. Who is his "other half"? Needs to deal with the Johnnie Walker situation.
Then he left and came back? Empty. Anyone can come in. He is empty. So he can be taken over like when he stabbed Johnnie Walker. He isn't in control. Johnnie Walker made him do these things? Did Nakata kill the cats? Did his soul kill the cats? "He made me shed blood." But the blood didn't stick to his hands. Not very like Lady Macbeth at all. I wish I knew more about that story. But I do not...

"We had to cross a big bridge. It wouldn't have worked in Nakano Ward." So is this a bridge connecting dreams and reality?

How come the stone can no longer be moved? Hoshino moved it a first despite Nakata saying only he can move it. But now it's like they have to open the entrance stone there or they won't be able to move it.

Nakata claims to not know what to do. But at the same time he tells Hoshino that he has to flip it over. Then the entrance opened up. IF HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING, WHY DOES HE END UP DOING THE RIGHT THINGS? "It better have opened up. Otherwise I killed myself for nothing."