Max is the main character and narrator of Strange Attractors. The first Eve and Max meet, and she tells him, "You're so blatantly honest." This contrasts notably with the second Eve's remark, "We can't trust you unless you tell us." This untrustworthy remark casts suspicion on Eve. After all, she has been less than forthcoming to Max about herself. and her father. Though he is a thoughtful fellow, Max watches his life become crazy within a day, mostly because of "strange attractors," people and objects that are almost magnetic because they have traveled through time. "And it [Max's phaser] was like part of my body now. Giving it up would be the same as cutting off a limb," Max declares. Through his experience with his phaser, it is easy to see how the first Sylvan he meets has become almost deranged in his desire...