Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24573226-20160730201421/@comment-26397825-20160730233925

If he for some reason did survive, I wouldn't mind it. The following is pure, baseless speculation.

Depending on where the ship landed, and how far away it was from Ironwood, he could have gotten out of the wreckage on time. He'd probably disappear underground - move to Vacuo, since that is apparently the place least involved in all this. Once he's there, he'd possibly dye his hair, get a new outfit, and play it straight - at least for a little while. Then old habits would kick in and he'd end up falling back into petty crime, making a new name for himself in the criminal underworld.

Neo would probably hear of it if he ended up on the news when she happened to be watching, though whether his disguise would be good enough to fool her is another thing entirely. If she does realise it's him, she'd most definitely hunt him down and probably just spend an entire night clinging to him from the sheer relief she feels over finding him alive. Then she'd probably kick his ass two ways to sunday fo not letting her know he was alright. And after that, the pair would resume business as usual, just in a different kingdom.