[ What's a good way to first respond to freedom when you've been deprived it for so long? Abel Gideon doesn't know. Enjoy the sunshine, maybe, though even that is easier said than done when you're still barefoot in a drab blue hospital jumpsuit. At least he's not walking through snow.

It's not immediately that he does much more with the communicator other than hold it, but when he gets somewhere that he can move aside from the crowds and sit or lean without worrying he'll get jostled or have his feet stepped on, he finally fiddles with it a little curiously. ]

So this is new. [ It's mumbled, more to himself, and he only intermittently actually looks at the screen. As is occasionally visible, he's also got himself an ice cream from somewhere. ] Anyone there? Because. I have been wondering what the quota here is... on this "hero" thing. There's always that "good behavior" catch, they tell it to you every time, but... isn't usually quite so literal. Good to know all your options, I think.

[ He has no intention of following through, but y'know. Whatever. ]