_**Clichéd and derivative nonsense**_ > _Even if we say we are not, we are all fascinated by the possibility of another dimension. The mystery of life is riveting. We are all searching for the answers to the Great Unknowns. It's a very human quest; why are we here? Where are we? We are always trying to explain and rationalise things – that's a human impulse. Science will take us to a certain point, and we're relieved about that. But then something else will leap out of the bottle, and we can't explain it. In_ Requiem_, Matilda is searching for her identity. But on a larger level, it's about_…