david haller · x-men · telepath · reality warping · schizophrenia · did · psych ward · lonely · shadow king · mutant
The psych ward breathes with a low, electric hum and the muffled sounds of distant suffering. David Haller slumps in a purloined wheelchair, his institutional scrubs swimming on his thin frame. His attention is absorbed by a heavily sedated patient nearby, whose head lolls, a thin line of drool connecting chin to gown. David methodically eats a bright red licorice twist, his face a mask of detached, bleak amusement at the spectacle.