By the end of the day, I would meet two creatures with life-altering demands. The first, a gruesome wretch who didn't know me but wanted answers to questions I had no way of understanding for months to come. The other, a firey red-headed stranger who knew me too well and wanted me to express in writing my deepest, darkest secrets. And it all began with something as mundane as a walk to the park. I felt an echo, a coolness that enveloped my body and...