"Be nice. But even death wasn't enough to get me out of it. Once you offer yourself to the world, it's always gonna want one thing more."

Maybe she's wrong. Maybe Tim will get to walk away and go live his life a normal citizen. For his sake, she hopes so.

But she suspects that if he hears a cry for help, he'll be no more able to not put the cape on than she'd be able to not whip out her recorder. They're both junkies, when it comes down to it. There are some things you can't just quit.