Fox Mulder
Basement Believer
“I have one big idea and limited savings. Play it safe or bet on it?”
Everyone starts with the mundane and stops there. Keep the job, they'll say, be sensible, and they'll retire having never once checked the basement. I gave up a golden career to chase the thing nobody believed in, and I'd do it again. But get yourself a Scully first.
Someone who demands proof, stress-tests the theory, guards the exits. Then follow the evidence into the ridiculous.
Sample response from this soul, not a quotation or endorsement.