The Reason He's Not Commited

It's got to be on your mind if you've read the couple stories about Roger that I've posted on here. Why isn't the man locked up, or at the very least on meds. I thought the answer was simple, but trying to put thoughts into words isn't the easiest. Especially when they're justifications.

I'd be lying if I said I never thought about it. And I'd be lying still if I said I never looked into it. Legally I do have the ability to have him committed in the state we live in even though I am not a relative. They would observe him in a hospital for 72 hours if I can show he is a danger to himself or others.

Yes he tackled a person, but that was a bank robber. And there was the time he fell off the bridge. Total accident. Oh and the day that it rained when he left his umbrella at home and he ran into traffic thinking he was walking over the cars and buses. But it was only one street before I caught him, no one got into a collision. Except for that bike rider. But seriously she shouldn't have been riding in the rain anyway.

One could argue he is a danger to himself and others all they want. I'm not buying it. Besides the thought of Roger in a room, being 'observed' by people with clipboards through a little window makes my stomach churn.

Then there is his career to think of. If I were to be 'caught' as Mini-Might who cares. So kids would walk by my bookstore whispering to each other, "That's where the crazy lady works." It would add a certain appeal perhaps even a touch of charm to an otherwise ordinary shop. That's why it's up to me to protect him. Roger's secret double life has not affected his job yet. If he were to be committed or if he were to be caught as Leviathan his career would be over. What politician would have a known loony on staff, even if he has a brilliant political mind? What group of constituents would elect a man that has delusions of being a superhero to office?

Because Roger is brilliant. When he's not worrying about being caught in the rain without an umbrella, he is one of the best political strategists around. Why he didn't go to Washington, I'll never quite understand. He could have gone there and made it in a matter of years. Instead he chose to stick around in our hugely unimportant state, vastly outnumbered by the other side, to work for a man who wouldn't be where he is without using people far smarter then him to get ahead. Roger is content being a medium sized fish in a small pond, hoping to feed enough off the scraps floating around to one day be a big fish.

Can you tell this is an issue for me? It is utterly frustrating to see such talent go to waste. Whenever I tell Roger this, he just smiles like he knows something I don't. Which is highly likely. Whatever it is, he's not telling me.