Here's an email Evan received at 3am today.
i just missed you, didn't i? while i was scouring the train station (like an idiot), you were hopping the greyhound to your next destination (to be revealed when you're at the next nexus. i trust nick, it's just other eavesdroppers i'm paranoid about).
It was a lovely day on stake-out but i made so many many crucial mistakes. lack of planning on my part. you surprised me. i talked myself out of this place as a destination due to lack of confidence. (of course you'd planned on coming here. we're crazy for soccer!)
You lost me after houston. if i'd been graphing the i.p.'s like a prepared person, it might have occurred to me. other things led me to believe you'd headed east so i believed it despite the evidence to the contrary (vegas _and_ the pings i got from sacramento and portland. duh duh duh!).
my conflicted feelings also tripped me up. i don't think i really want to catch you. an hour's worth of complete ruthlessness on my part and i would not have spent the day chasing ghosts as it were. =)
but what a day! i met people, learned so many new and important things... tho' it would have been nice to see if i could've recognized you & to see if i really would have let you go.
yes. because, ultimately, your journey is worth so much more than the prize money. what you'll see, what you'll share = invaluable.
& for me, the validation is the same whether i actually catch you or accurately plot your path before you reveal it.
what a strange mixture of exhilaration and regret i feel about today.
