MANILA, PHILIPPINES – It is morning in Zurich, Switzerland– a cold wintry one at that, as Dean Aragon showed up wearing an olive turtleneck sweater in his family home. A stark image in contrast, of course, to the sweltering afternoon in Manila, his hometown, on the other side of the video call. But it is as his 12-year old self would be quoted saying: “The heart leads the mind to unthinkable places.”