All variables are independent.

“Oedipa resolved to pull in at the next motel she saw, however ugly, stillness a…”

“MARG: You are so close.STEN: To whom? Margravine, not even to himself. This pla…”

“The Line makes itself felt,-- thro' some Energy unknown, ever are we haunted by…”

“Later they went outside, where a light rain was blowing in, mixed with salt spr…”