The show does play a little loose with Neal's prison experiences, and perhaps not to best effect -- I can believe, as (unaired) canon puts it, that he survived quite well and kept himself safe, but there are still emotional ramifications to being in a regimented closed society like that, and it's interesting to explore them.
The paper crane at the end I sort of envisioned as an inner strength he had to build in himself during his time in prison, but in the end it is a bit vague -- it's a catharsis, coughing up everything that happened and all he did and passing it to Peter to keep safe, because Peter is very much both the owner of Neal's shadow and his guardian angel.
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The show does play a little loose with Neal's prison experiences, and perhaps not to best effect -- I can believe, as (unaired) canon puts it, that he survived quite well and kept himself safe, but there are still emotional ramifications to being in a regimented closed society like that, and it's interesting to explore them.
The paper crane at the end I sort of envisioned as an inner strength he had to build in himself during his time in prison, but in the end it is a bit vague -- it's a catharsis, coughing up everything that happened and all he did and passing it to Peter to keep safe, because Peter is very much both the owner of Neal's shadow and his guardian angel.