My idée fixe is very obviously the dragon. Attempts to remedy this have misunderstood the nature of the obsession. Dragon is not a synonym for shadow, or demon. Dragon is a map I have drawn of humanity, beginning with the extremities and attempting to navigate through the center
Likewise for the rest. Dragon turned into a contemplation of sin when I went to Europe, but only because dragon is a map. A map bigger than one territory, in this case. I haven't finished exploring yet.