Editing Kevin Norton (section)

==Personality ==
Kevin is a mellow person, weathered down by years of hardship and weighed down by the immense responsibility on his shoulders. He is generally polite and kind, if somewhat unhinged, and has a habit of rambling to himself and others. He often talks aloud about his status as the most powerful man in the world, leading most passersby to believe he is insane. He once worked in a soup kitchen.<ref>“I didn’t really expect him to go work in a soup kitchen.  I eventually did, but that’s beside the point.  I told him to go do something, go help people.  And he did.  Has been since.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> 

When he was younger, Kevin was physically abused by his female partner. He never fought back and hated himself for that.<ref name=":1" /> When he eventually left and became homeless, he fell into a deep depression, feeling sorry for himself.<ref>“Getting around to that.  Was pure chance, but he stopped somewhere near here, dead of night.  Happened around the time I was still new to this life, when I was still feeling so sorry for myself I couldn’t look anyone in the eyes.  I saw him, realized he was this same golden man I’d heard about on the news.  I was mad with depression, ran up to him and pounded my hands on his chest, yelled at him, swore, called him every name in the book.”<br><br>“Why?”<br><br>“Because he dared to be more miserable than me.  Or because people were putting all these hopes on him and he wasn’t doing a fucking thing other than being some world-wandering nobody who happened to be able to fly.  Don’t know.  A lot of it was me shouting at myself.  I said something about not being miserable, not being a waste, and maybe if he helped in a soup kitchen or something he’d feel better about himself.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> He blamed himself for his place in life, believing it to be due to his cowardice.<ref>“What was I saying?  Oh, right.  Second way you get to circumstances like mine?  Sickness.  Sometimes that’s in the head, sometimes it’s in the body, and sometimes it’s a sickness you get in a bottle or a pipe.  Third path is the one I took.  Cowardice.  Run away from life.  Run away from yourself.  Sometimes the bottle’s a cowardice too.  Run away from the truth about what you’re doing to yourself, I dunno.  I have you to thank for sparing me that sin.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> In his initial encounter with Scion, he lashed out at him, clawing and scratching at the man for daring to be sadder than him.<ref name=":1">“They keep saying you’re fucking sad!?  What do you have to be sad about?  You weren’t beaten black and blue by a fucking girl you were too chickenshit to hit back!  You haven’t been kicked around by motherfucking teenagers who thought it’d be good for a lark!  Buggered against your will… no!  You get to be untouchable!” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> As Scion continued to take orders from Kevin and during the years after Kevin cut off contact, Kevin slowly mellowed out, developing into his present personality. 

Kevin is not attracted to women, implying that he may be homosexual.<ref>“Too many mistakes all together.  She wasn’t the right girl, for one.  Our relationship progressed, and I realized that I don’t like women.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> 

===Relationships===

====[[Scion]]====
Kevin is scared of the control he has over Scion and the responsibility that comes with it. He used to talk to Scion in extended, one-sided conversations, talking about his past and current life.<ref name=":0">“He’d visit regular, right?  Stop by, like he was checking if I had anything else to say.  Maybe I’d tell him to be more gentle with people when saving them from a car crash, or after that horned bastard came climbing out of the ground and the golden man flew right past it to visit me, I told him he needed to ''help'' next time, to fight that monster and anything like it.  But sometimes I didn’t have anything to say, and it’s not like he obeys my every instruction down to the last detail, so sometimes he’d hang out here at half past four in the goddamn morning, and I couldn’t get rid of him, so I’d just ''talk''.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> When Scion latched onto a word Kevin said, "Zion," which became misinterpreted as "Scion" and used as his name worldwide, Kevin realized the full weight of the power he held.<ref>“He never responded, barely ever paid attention when I opened my mouth to ramble about whatever.  But he was following the general orders I gave him.  Help people, do this more, do that less.  But I’m in the middle of talking to him about my childhood, about home, when he latches on something.  Head turns, eye contact.  Scares the shit out of me.  I go over it all over again, but it was five in the bloody morning and I couldn’t remember exactly what I’d said.  That is, I couldn’t until three days later, I happen to be in the right time and place, and I see a television in a store playing this clip that’s cropping up on the news.  The golden man says something for the first and last time.  Everyone seems to think he said Scion, and they latch onto it.  They’re wrong, but it ''sticks'', and the word appears on t-shirts and in music and people are talking about it ''here,'' where I live.  All because of one thing I said in some ramble of mine, the whole world changes.”<br><br>“That’s what scared you?”<br><br>“It was the wake up call.  Stupid, isn’t it?  Trivial.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> Terrified, he cut off contact with Scion for twelve years.<ref>“I’m looking back, and I haven’t looked back in a long while.  Visiting home, so to speak.  Thinking about stuff I haven’t even told Duke about, these past twelve years.  You’ve given me a bump of morale at a time I needed it.  Thank you.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> He feels intensely guilty about this decision, feeling like he had shirked his responsibilities by doing this.<ref>“Me, you ask?” Kevin said.  “No.  I don’t deserve much of anything.  What’s that line, about power and responsibility?  Most powerful man in the world, I have a bloody ''great deal'' of responsibility.  Sure, I go to bed hungry, I slept terribly during that one spell of body lice, but the thing that ''really'' costs me sleep is the idea I might have shirked my responsibilities.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref>

====[[List of Minor Characters#Lisette|Lisette]]====
An incidental passerby who gave Kevin a ten pound note without lecturing him or running away afterward. He was pleased with her kind demeanor and grateful for her presence, being the first person Kevin had contact with in years. Their encounter gave Kevin the bump of morale he needed to visit Scion again. After his talk with Scion, Kevin passed on control of Scion to Lisette and then left, never to be seen again.<ref name="I18x" />

====Duke====
Duke is Kevin's dog, twelve years old, raised by Kevin from puppyhood.<ref>“Wondered if I would see you here,” Kevin continued.  “Been a long time.  I’d nearly convinced myself I’d imagined you.  That old dog over there, he wasn’t even born when I left, and he’s on his last legs now.  Twelve years old.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> Constantly by his side, Kevin loves Duke dearly, feeding the dog before himself and keeping him healthy. Duke returns the favor, giving Kevin affection and protecting him from any potential threats.<ref>“Not fleas or anything like that.  I keep him healthy.  But he’s a working mutt.  Watches my back when I need watching.  We take care of each other.  So he might be protective of me, not keen on someone getting too close, too soon.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref> Kevin named him Duke because the title of duke ranks below a king, which is fitting for a dog working under the most powerful man in the world.<ref>“Did you name him?” she asked.  When he nodded, she asked, “Any reason for Duke?”<br><br>“Thought long and hard about it.  Duke seemed fitting.  Highest rank of our United Kingdom, just beneath a king in status.  Fitting for the dog that serves the most powerful man in the world.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/interlude-18x/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 18.x]]</ref>