christine says the birthday party she just attended was a lot of fun: "we played games, had cake and ice cream, and got goodie bags." in reality, the ice cream was served with a brownie and not birthday cake. christine's inaccurate memory most likely resulted from

glass wants to live in a world of super heroes and villains. he have lived all his life trying to be responsible for the creating the origin story of a super hero; he schemed and caused many incidents (many of them fatal) hoping that someday someone with superpowers would show up and save the day.

he knew himself very much. he saw himself as a villain of a real-life super hero story. he was aware of his strengths (more than smart enough for being manipulative and scheming) and weaknesses (having fragile bones and having to rely on his mind to succeed).