I became real hard after the Shang killed my parents. I didn’t want justice; I wanted revenge. That was my kryptonite and it would have killed me. I hid it real well. Only the cybers and the dogs figured me out. They picked me up and put me back on solid ground and helped me find a reason to live, not just kill. That made all the difference for me. They saved me. Betty saved me. We’ll be friends to the end, side by side, whenever it comes. I owe her that.
There are all kinds of different people in the universe. And some people are many kinds of people. We are travelers, going places we’ve never been before. We are also defenders and sometimes avengers. Don’t get us wrong, we do a lot of things for money. But we answer the call even if there is no money in it. I suppose it’s OK to admit that here since nobody will take advantage…you know how these diaries are.
In my life, I have found the two scariest words that can be uttered in the American language. “Watch this.” They are often later followed by “It seemed like a good idea at a time.” I have said those words. I know you might not believe it what with my current clean living and all, but I was a real crazy teenager back in the day. I got in a lot of trouble, and that was just what they could prove.
In my life, I’ve come to realize some pretty important things. Probably the most important is that we’ve all done things we aren’t proud of now. We’ve all done things we wish we hadn’t, and perhaps fervently hope that nobody knows we did. The thing is, it doesn’t matter who we were. It’s who we are that matters when we meet our maker. We all can change and become better people than we were before.
One of my jobs is sometimes tracking down people who have skipped out on debts. Now, I don’t generally pretend to tell other people how to do their jobs, but sometimes I just have to shake my head at the idiocy. For one thing, I only take big contracts. For the other thing, I don’t lock bank accounts. If they are in debt enough that creditors are on them, they don’t keep their money in banks.