Prison cells are very small, barely about four square meters, which is very depressing.
Also it is too hot, although now it is winter and to go outside you have to wear a coat, inside is hell, Nolan lay back down on the bunk.
Before acquiring a skill to pick locks he has nothing special to do, except pass the time looking for his next victim and, maybe, get a few cigarettes.
Michael, who had been watching him since he returned, opened his mouth and asked: "Why are you here."
"Hm, you know, this morning when I woke up my mind was blank and I didn't remember anything, a while ago in the yard I asked the guard and I learned that I'm here because I killed five people, what about you."
Michael frowned when he heard him, his expression became solemn: "I robbed a bank with a gun." After answering, he added: "Those five people, were they bad."
Nolan soon understood why he asked that question, Michael is a good person, although with psychological problems and much compassion, in a sense he is a decent person, so he does not want to associate with a murderer, much less help him escape.
"I really forgot everything.." Nolan replied, downplaying it.
'I fear this guy is already thinking about how to get rid of me and trade me for a lesser offender…' Nolan thought to himself.
"I don't remember, I don't think I would kill anyone, maybe I was framed, do you think I'm that kind of killer." Nolan asked, pretending to be indignant.
Michael answered simply, shrugging: "Who knows."
"Scofield, the warden is looking for you, go out and report." Said a guard approaching the cell, Michael said nothing, stepped back silently and waited for the prison door to open.
Nolan remembered something he had to do: "Michael, can you bring me newspapers if you can? I want to know more about what's happening outside."
Michael looked at him and was silent for a moment: "I'll do what I can." He replied before leaving.
Nolan was left alone in the cell, he did not get up from the bed, he summoned the five poisonous insects and studied them.
The insect is still very small, it has five colors on its body, so it attracts attention up close.
There is something worth mentioning, I do not know if it is because it is young, but after poisoning that guy, this worm became lazy, unwilling to move, as if it were exhausted.
Nolan pushed it gently with his finger, the worm closed its eyes, without reacting, Nolan thought of a possibility: "Move, you have work."
[Excessive use of toxins, the insect is in a weakened state: it is estimated it will take seven and a half hours to recover.]
"…"
As he suspected, there are restrictions, Nolan did not know if he should be surprised or not, after a while he shook his head, picked up the insect, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
...
In the blink of an eye the afternoon recreation time arrived, so everyone went out to the yard, John Abruch was playing cards with two men, Michael saw him and walked over calmly.
Nolan knew where Michael was going, suddenly he had an idea to prepare the exit.
Then his eyes went to the black man nicknamed C-Note, Nolan stood up and approached.
When he approached him, Nolan looked at the burly black guy next to C-Note, and smiled kindly: "Hello, I heard you get anything."
C-Note looked him up and down: "You heard wrong."
Nolan smiled and shook his head: "I don't think so, don't get the wrong idea, I just want to buy some cigarettes."
C-Note hesitated for a moment, Nolan, a handsome blond bastard, irritated him, but he did not hesitate to do business.
"Where's the money?" C-Note asked changing his mind.
"Buy for zero dollars." Nolan replied smiling.
"???" C-Note was stunned, angrily cursed: "Freshman, looking for trouble?!"
At once, the big guy next to C-Note clenched his fist, ready to act, but without attacking immediately, after all, Pope, the prison director, is a good person in general, but tolerates very little violence.
Nolan smiled, raised his hand in a sign of surrender, took a few steps back: "How can it be? I'm not that kind of person, two packs of cigarettes and a box of matches, give them to me tomorrow, you'll see what I mean."
The anger on C-Note's face was already very evident, he did not want to talk to Nolan anymore, he called the big guy and ordered: "Beat him up."
On receiving the order, the big guy lunged at Nolan, but Nolan is not stupid, so he ran immediately.
"Don't let me see you again!" C-Note shouted stopping the big guy.
In broad daylight, in that open yard, C-Note does not want unnecessary trouble, he is not a gangster, at least not more than necessary.
That is part of the reason Nolan sought him, another part, the main one, is that Nolan has no money, he will probably need something later, those things that C-Note provides will come in handy.
How to get C-Note to agree willingly? Simple, he just has to finish sending the message.
After running for a while, seeing that the big guy was not coming, Nolan smiled and headed back to Westmoreland.
Since he cannot get newspapers yet, nor watch TV, he wants to ask Westmoreland what is happening outside.
Although the old man has been locked up for decades, he has some freedom, he must know a lot about the outside.
Nolan wants to know something, is this world just Prison Break, or is it a full world like the ones he read in online novels.
This matters a lot, it is linked to his future plans, Nolan sat next to Westmoreland, but did not open his mouth.
Westmoreland took the initiative, with a doubtful look he said: "Newcomer, you are very restless, that is not good for your health."
"I think I'll be fine, after all, I'm not the type who looks for trouble." Nolan smiled.
"Cooper, do you know what the world outside is like? Could you tell me? This morning I lost my memory, I don't know anything about the outside."
"My name is Charles Westmoreland, not Cooper." the old man corrected calmly.
Nolan didn't care: "Westmoreland, Cooper, it doesn't matter, will you tell me about the outside?" Nolan said, downplaying it.
Seeing that he received no answer, Nolan added: "I'll trade it for this, I'll tell you something about your daughter."