Ed smiles, closing his eyes for a moment. Then he reaches up and grabs his journal and a second can of Coke from the table. While he checks one of the many flags and slips of paper marking certain entries in the little book and opens it up to a page about two-thirds of the way into the journal, he remarks, "If it opens up a sliver of a door, then we pry the thing open the rest of the way." Which probably says quite a lot about his mindset right there: if at first you don't succeed, barrel right on ahead until you do. "What's our next step?"