The main character is a spy, his cover has been blown and he's been in a shootout. He's now holed up in a hotel room and looking to be extracted. But, his handler (connection) has decided to burn him and they don't plan to help, they're tired of taking chances. Because they've decided to drop him, nobody is making communication and he's wrapped in silence. They've changed the code they're using, so the coded messages he does receive he can't decode and has no idea what's happening. When he realizes he's been hung out to dry, he has a surreal experience which causes him to have a sort of out of body experience, like he's watching himself from the 3rd person. Think of funhouse type wavy mirrors and screams, also a clone of him watching his story play out. He's moved into the Twilight Zone and the beacon he needs to return to reality has been moved, he can't find his way out. Next there's foreshadowing of his impending doom, soon he will come to know when the bullet hits the bone. Spiraling down to nowhere, self explanatory. He feels double crossed by his messenger (handler) and he's now alone. He can't make any connection with his normal contacts and wants to know why he's been abandoned. He obviously can't sleep and all the decisions he's made to get him here are causing anxiety (night weighs heavy on his guilty mind). He's deep in a foreign country and can't make a run by himself, he needs help (this far from the border line). It gets worse, not only are they leaving him blowing in the wind, now they've also decided to knock him off, when the hit man shows up, the spy knows he's getting a raw deal.