un-plot sketches

Sil and Scratch in NO finish the boat and leave with Dahlia. They sail south to various ports, dodgin pirates, falling humingbirds, etc. Just of the coast of Montepio TK is killed, Sil and crew go ashore to bury TK and meet Claire and take her aboard. They give her a ride to the canal, which is only rumored to still exist.

They meet Dean who is running a whorehouse in Nicaragua, another stilt village. He comes aboard to escape Lazlo (the man in black) biut why is Lazlo after Dean? Then the merry troupe sails across the pacific to india because Claire wants to find Waiben (?), the girl wants to destory the collider? Or make sure it works? Lazlo shows up in india, Claire and Sil end up together, Deans is one that turns and walks away into the crowd (as in that very old scene in some notebook somewhere...)

So how does the book fit into it? Is there still a book, shit, forgot about that idea. 

How does cycle 1 fit with cycle 4? The books could something of lazlos or it could bthe hournal of Claire's grandfather, it could be that cycle 1 is told through Claire reading the book on the boat, but that would have some serious limitations. It could be a first person voice to that's just separate ala McCann or Mitchell....