Little escaped the roving, childlike eyes of this impossible man. But inverse to his knowledge of exteriors was his ignorance of interiors. He was aloof, untouchable, and understood emotions only insofar as they were reflexes, reactions, effects of sometimes discernible causes. After countless years of being cast aside by lovers, an enigmatic woman takes possession of him and casually manipulates his destiny. She challenges him with illusions and misapprehensions, distorting the boundary between fantasy and reality. He can't explain how he winds up being willing to do anything to keep her. Has she given him the missing pieces of his humanity or taken away something more valuable, his innocence?