“Would you do anything to acheive your opinion?”

“Anything? Maybe a little bit of a stretch. However, I could surely convince others to do…anything through persuasion.”

“You think anyone would listen to you?”

“I do.”

The psychologist scribbled “illusions of grandeur” on his clipboard. He continued.

“Does this mean that you have already tried to persuade some people to your vision? Successfully?”

“I choose to withhold that information.”

“Mr. Hawthorn, these sessions are quite useless unless you answer thoroughly and honestly.”

“Fine. I have attempted and I have succeeded.”

“I see. What exactly is your vision?”

Hawthorn paused. “Paradise, Mr. Daniels. Paradise is what I want.”

Daniels muttered a stifled “don’t we all” and sat back in his chair. “Not to give you another complex, but that’s a pretty tall order for a few people to fulfill. And how are you going to go about getting it?”

The corner of Hawthorn’s mouth curled upward.