“I’ve got paper cuts Jack, have a heart.”

Perhaps, in order to understand CHarLie better, some familiarity with the Devil is necessary. What exactly is the Devil? Sometimes the Devil is no more than a perception of something against one’s own interests. This is a very practical definition that takes into account what we know and what we don’t know. “The Devil made me do it” is a phrase we might use to describe actions that we have taken that have adversely affected our lives. In fact, if you were able to ask CHarLie why he did what he did he might reply “The Devil made me do it” and in CHarLie’s case he might be right. Golem himself would be able to give no better explanation, perhaps believing that CHarLie was the Devil in disguise. Was CHarLie controlled by the Devil? Was he actually the Devil? These are things that the reader will have to decide. It will not be an easy decision; for, not all of CHarLie is evil, not all of his motivation wrong, and not all of his actions unexplainable. He may in fact have been saner than Golem. That is up to you to decide. Society will take years to come to a conclusion. I will not be here to hear the final verdict.

“That’s right Jack, and when I get out of this book, I’m gonna make sure of that. You’re making me out to be some sort of maniac.”
“You’re half in and half out now Golem, I could squash you with a stick.”
“I’ve got paper cuts Jack, have a heart.”