A Little More Inventory

I keep neglecting to give Mr. Wizard props for the hours and hours and days and days, literally, he spent clearing out the hard drives of all 5 or 6 of Hyde's computers so they could be sold.

On just ONE computer, Mr. Wizard found millions (and he was NOT exaggerating) of pornographic photos.

He had 90,000 unread emails.

And, in keeping with his obsessive-compulsive nature, much of what was on the other computers was duplicated information and photos, plus he'd made back-up discs just days before his death that Jeckle found way up in the top right corner of a cabinet.

The sad thing is, I know he believed that this "information" was vital and would bring down the mafia and anyone associated with the mafia once it was revealed to the world (although I'm not sure what how the pornography fits in...). He was convinced he would eventually prevail against all the "criminals," as long as he could escape their grasp until the time was right to make known what he knew.

Wow, all of the sudden, I realized this: What he really believed was that his thoughts were being continually broadcast. He didn't have to DO anything other than think and write everything. That was enough to get his "message" out into the world. The fact that people didn't respond "appropriately" to this information meant that they (the police, me, Jeckle, his friends) were also "criminals" and part of the "reign of terror" being waged against him.

In fact, he was mad most of his life because people were always reading his thoughts, yet never responding "appropriately" to his needs.