How do I know you're not crazy?" she asks. "How do I know you're not the craziest dude I've ever met?" <br />"You'll have to test me out." <br />"You have my info," she says. "I'll think about it." <br />"Rain," I say. "That's not your real name." <br />"Does it matter?" <br />"Well, it makes me wonder what else isn't real." <br />"That's because you're a writer," she says. "That's because you make things up for a living." <br />"And?" <br />"And"-- she shrugs--"I've noticed that writers tend to worry about things like that.