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Marlow's physical journey moves into the central station while Marlow is psychologically starting to move from his super ego to just his ego, as the darkness becomes more pertinent and his actions become more rational and selfish as Marlow does what he can to survive.  The ego's importance and capabilities are illurateated by Murfin, and we can see his influence as Conrad wrote the novella the same time period as Murfins and Freuds discovery.  “Ego was his term for the predominately rational, logical, orderly, conscious part." (Murfin 114).  The Ego's main features of consciousness and rational are temporary instilled in Marlow's actions while he is in the central station which effectively exemplifies how Marlow not only has a physical journey but also a physiological journey as well as Condrad penetrates the reader into Marlow's subconscious.  As Marlow arrives at the central station, his actions become more geared for self survival and is more rational when events occur that possibly could alter his journey.  "I listened, I listened…He did not make bricks, Rivets, to get on with the work-stop the hole." (Conrad 389).  Marlow's ship has sunk and he needs to fix the hole before he proceeds into the darkness.  Marlow does not panic or over react, Marlow stays calm and relaxed and his rational kicks in to remind him that the best way to fix the boat is with Rivets.  Marlow's patience and logic even when an unanticipated event occurs, demonstrates Marlow's attentiveness and how Marlow's ego and desperation for survival leads to a successful solution to Marlow's unfortunate predicament.  Marlow's ego takes over which allows him to solve the problem lociagally and rationally which effectively can only be done while in the central station as Conrad penetrates Marlow's subconscious to new heights as he becomes closer to darkness and his dream like id. .  Marlow's actions as well demonstrate his saneness and his morality that are exemplified a majority of the time only on his way near the outer station.  "The black bones reclined full length with one shoulder against the tree, a kind of blind, white flicker, the man seemed young…offer him one of my swede biscuits" (Conrad 381).  The morality that Marlow has, to offer someone that he has never meet or someone that he needs nothing from, from the goodness of his heart, Marlow offers the man food and expects nothing in return.  Marlow has no business interacting with the man and yet he does the morally right thing to try to help the man to see what Marlow can do to help even though the man is about to die.  We see that this only occurs when he is journeying between the outer station and the central station.  The paradox of the blind and white flicker, illustrates that Marlow brings the white truth and conscious goodness in a place where blindness and darkness is very pertinent.