Were his life a story studied by over-eager literary students, they might have said the car crash had been a representation of his loss of control over his life, and that his subsequent reliance on other people and public transportation to get around symbolized the necessity to let other people into his life, that he needed help. He would explain this, then in sardonic tones add that his flight to Bordertown must represent a flippant fuck you to the people telling him he needed help.
