An abandoned railway bridge; an inaccessible harbour master’s house; a blocked doorway to a rundown apartment: In the port city of Rotterdam, Dirk Vis finds hidden portals to spirit entities who will speak to whoever will listen, echoes of the city’s rich subcultures. They whisper to him about his lover who lives abroad. News from her is news from home – because being loved is being home – in a conversation about desire becoming devotion.