How diffurnt is he from Linds... aside from the literary adeptness of the elder? He's prolly just on his inward trip until he crashes and burns and has to reevaluate and leave us behind in much the same way.

Delusions of grandeur's a helluva drug, but better to wait it out and see which way someone goes before you call it. Once in a while, it works out differently than we expect.