Stockholm Syndrome

Epilogue

I turned the television onto the news channel only for the sole purpose of seeing what the date was. It's been over a week since the last time I asked, that was for sure.

For finally being free to be seen in public, we really hadn't done anything yet. Hal's been applying for jobs. He doesn't really get the whole 'settle for something small so you can financially support yourself until you get a real job' sort of thing. He's been aiming high since the start, putting together character sketches and ideas into a portfolio to give to comic book labels, calling schools to see if he could be some kind of art teacher, and even bought himself a drawing tablet for graphic art. He's using an old laptop he hasn't used in over a year for that, but it worked.

I was proud of him for all the work he wa