People do this for many reasons, whether it's because playing victim makes them feel good or because they believe it's their duty to
crusade against injustice, and then they take it way too far.
As he gradually turns into the sort of person who might actually be able to do that, Vincent also transforms those around him: Maslow, who fears that heroism has become a desk job; Bonnie Kalen, the foundation's fund - raiser, a divorced single mother and a devoted believer in Maslow's
crusade against intolerance and
injustice; and Bonnie's teenage son, Danny, whose take on the world around him is at once openhearted, sharp - eyed, and as fundamentally decent as his mother's.