Yeah I honestly think it’s unlikely that he’ll stay once he’s convinced the catfish is... a catfish. I know he did it when he came to Olympia from Spokane, but that was only a few cities over, not a few states, and he had people (namely Dan) in Olympia who Lucas seemed truly afraid of and desperate to get away from. While he’s not well liked in Spokane he doesn’t have anyone like that to my knowledge, and he believes he has friends there.
He is definitely lazy and he CLAIMS to love change but I don’t buy it and I think he’ll be very homesick, even just for his regular shelters, street corners, and beginning of the month Motel 6. I think he’ll get his payee or his mom or someone to get him a return ticket and turn right around and go home, if he makes it out of the catfish situation without getting arrested. I honestly hope that’s what happens, like many others have said — Lucas is a really bad person, but I don’t wish actual harm on him and he is so mentally ill that I really don’t think it would be fair for him to be shot on the streets of LA or wind up in a California prison.