First (successful) Interview with 853

Dr. Keen: You know, if you contributed to the conversations a bit these little interviews would probably go faster.
Patient #853: I already have a deal with your boss, what's the point?
Dr. Keen: It would give me something to write in my notes.
Patient #853: ...okay Doc, what do you want to know?
Dr. Keen: Your real name, for one.
Patient #853: Don't have one. The Hooligan is real enough.
Dr. Keen: How can you not have a real name?
Patient #853: Oh I probably had one once. Lost all of that when I became what I am now.
Dr. Keen: Are you interested in trying to find out more about this lost past?
Patient #853: No. That would just get in the way.
Dr. Keen: In the way of your "hero work"?
Patient #853: Oh, I'm no hero Doc. I might have thought differently at first, but I know better now.
Dr. Keen: Can you explain that point of view?
Patient #853: Heroes are heroes because they save or protect people. The only thing that gets me excited is hurting them. The fight, the crunch...thats what I'm really in it for. The only thing at all decent about it is that I usually hurt "bad guys", whatever the hell that really means.
Dr. Keen: Well if you don't see yourself as a hero, what do you see yourself as?
Patient #853: I lurk in the dark and savagely attack you if you do something bad. I'm a monster. Thats probably is better anyway.
Dr. Keen: Why do you think being a monster is better than being a hero?
Patient #853: People don't hesitate to do whats wrong because they think that angels might be watching. They think twice because they know the Devil is.
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