The lack of Telo-talk coming from Wern is interesting. Could this be an
actual change in his behavior caused by Dan's letter/Luke's Fetlife activities, or is his psyche merely on a temporary sojourn in another realm of madness?
I for one am excited to see the outcome.
While Lucas's mounting animosity towards Spokane has raised questions over him potentially moving, I think this to be unlikely given his lack of resources and his utter reliance on the system. He's a compulsive spender and likely hoarder (kept in check by house rules) so I don't think he'd part with the scores of unplayed board games that sit in his apartment in order to uproot.
That said, I wouldn't put it past him to take another hand out of mong-money to 'go back to college', only to pull a fast one on them by using his financial aid to fund a move elsewhere.
While undoubtedly stupid under conventional metrics, Lucas is an expert-level moocher and has a particularly devious mind. For what he lacks in genuine life experience, Lucas has spent his whole adult life playing the system to give himself a comfortable existence.
Ok so this is utter fantasy, but please fellow Kiwis, humor me for a moment while I indulge in these scenarios:
- "Lucas Werner - Homecoming" - Luke goes to live in Arizona with his folks. Cue a 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' meets 'The Osbournes' reality show that we gleefully witness in his Youtube videos.
- "An American Pedo in London" - Wern uses his embezzled academic aid to blindly relocate to another country. Probably one with either a strong welfare system or low age of consent.
- "The Wern - Apocalypse" - Our hero goes off the grid as he elopes with his board games to another USA city and inevitably goes back to square one. The half-decade cycle of homelessness, hospitalization, rehabilitation, festering and relapse will repeat itself, albeit in another location.