Sheep Man's Advice

The main character finds that he belongs to the mystery room on the 15th floor of the Dolphin Hotel. That it is his switchboard that connects his past with his future. That his beginning and ending happens in this place that serves as a portal between two worlds and the Sheep Man that he meets there hold the key to unlocking his past and finding all of the things which he lost.

When the protagonists meets the Sheep Man he is able to begin the journey in unraveling his past. He tells the narrator that all he can do is Dance in order to make the right connections and to find the things he has lost.

The Sheep Man's advice:

"You got to dance. As long as the music plays. You got to dance. Don't even think why. Start to think, your feet stop. Your feet stop, we get stuck. We get stuck, you're stuck. So don't pay any mind, no matter how dumb. You got to keep the step. You got to limber up. You got to loose what you bolted down. You got to use all you got. We know you are tired, tired and scared. Happens to everyone, okay? Just don't let your feet stop."

If he can seek out the past then the Sheep Man will make all the connections and hopefully it will lead him to Kiki.

"No matter how out of focus the picture, I had to unravel each strand patiently . Unravel, then bind all together. I had to recover my world."

This is where the story starts to come together for me. I'm finally able to find out what the Sheep Man and the Dolphin Hotel are all about, and I'm pulled into this time-warp where a talking half-man half-sheep has the key.

I love the way Murakami allows this scene to play out. He writes it in a manner that blurs the line between the worlds, but I'm left knowing that they are separate and distinct.