He isn’t tied to anything, he just doesn’t care. Kevin is terrified of loneliness, but Benji embraces it as a natural state. All through their childhood Kevin has been scared that one day he’ll wake up and discover that the other superhero is gone. That this friendship never meant anything to him. Benji’s blood is different from other people’s. He disappears into the forest on the road down toward the lake, and Kevin can’t help thinking that Benji is the only truly free individual he knows.
