[ dolph falls silent. he turns the beer bottle in his hands. he's a cyborg. what he is has been defined for him, even if he's shedded a couple of labels and gained new ones in his departure from eden.

he's just dolph laserhawk now. no longer captain. no longer a terrorist. no longer . . . alex's. no longer the warden's ghost. beyond that . . . he doesn't need to be anything else. ]

Who I am is what you see. I'm just someone who owns a club.

[ he looks down at his beer bottle once more. ]

But I guess . . . I want to be someone who is loved. Who gets to be happy. Who is no longer betrayed. That's good enough for me.