Hero For Hire

If you’re in trouble, real trouble,the word on the street is that there’s a man who’ll help.He’ll listen to your story, and he’ll make a judgment.If he thinks you’re wrong, you’re out on your ass.If he thinks you’ve been wronged, you’ll never have a better friend.

For once, the word on the street is good.There is such a man. His calling card reads, “Chino, Hero For Hire.”The card, however, is almost entirely bullshit.Nobody knows what his real name is, but you can bet it ain’t “Chino”, and the “For Hire” only applies if he thinks you can pay the freight.

If you can’t it don’t make no nevermind. In fact, the only truth to the card is the part where it says “Hero.” You can trust your life to Chino. He is a man of honor in a dishonorable world.And when he says he will do something, it is done. Here’s what Chino knows: He wants to continue with his life.Which leaves him with a couple of questions.

Why does he want to continue?And just what exactly is life to him, He’s searching for the answers.One thing he knows for sure, his passion for making art is going to have to take a back seat to higher ideals.Since his morals have always kept him from using his abilities to make himself successful (he’s barely keeping the wolf from the door right now), Chino has nothing to lose by making his moral code explicit.

From now on, he’s going to pick and choose peole purely on the basis of what he thinks is right.If Chino decides to take a person, they will honor him whatever their pocketbook can bear.People will guide him, not rule him.And now that he is completely his own man, he has set a task for himself: to define exactly who that man is going to be.And as we’ve seen, once Chino has set a goal, he is relentless in its pursuit.