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Pen likes the new apartment. It's bigger, she has new walls to draw on (she's got paper, too, but sometimes she wants to do a proper mural), and she doesn't have grit under her feathers anymore.
She gets left alone a lot, though. Cindy is out doing things all the time. He doesn't have as much time to take her to the flying place. (Once, when he is out and she can't even ask, she hops out over the patio balcony onto the neighboring roof, and checks to see if there is anybody around, and flies a little bit, low and owl-quiet. She doesn't think anybody sees.) She builds elaborate structures. She solicits another box of pieces.
He leaves the news on, a lot. Pen mostly ignores it. She knows English, technically, but the pentagon didn't tell her the concepts her upbringing has left her missing.
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campanas
mylegalname
He hesitates for a moment, unsure how much he should be revealing, and then realizes that his hesitation signals that he has something to hide and there's really only one thing he could be hiding about the answer to that question, so he probably just gave it all away. Good work, rookie.
mylegalname
"Maybe," he says, more for form's sake than anything. Trying to keep things from the Joker seems to be a losing battle.
manofmyword
"Well, we could've used him before Blackgate," he says. "Now... well, he can probably get more cops on his side than I can, but most of the cops in this city are down a hole right now." He thinks for a second, then adds, "He'd make good traitor bait, at least."
mylegalname
John follows the logic—tell someone where he is, wait to see if they turn him in—and then is ashamed of himself for considering it, and then wonders if they can afford not to. Maybe he'll suggest it to Gordon.
He still hasn't mentioned the Joker to Gordon. Maybe he'll explain who he's been meeting at night and Gordon will shoot him. But who is he to talk? Wasn't he just saying that someday John would be grateful to have somebody around to dirty their hands for him? There can't be many people more qualified for the job.
He still hasn't mentioned the Joker to Gordon. Maybe he'll explain who he's been meeting at night and Gordon will shoot him. But who is he to talk? Wasn't he just saying that someday John would be grateful to have somebody around to dirty their hands for him? There can't be many people more qualified for the job.
manofmyword
"You'd have a hell of a time convincing Gordon to work with me," the Joker says thoughtfully. "But we need more help than we've got. My boys are good to have around, but I wouldn't count on 'em not to be taken in by Bane's savior-of-the-people line."
manofmyword
"Watch one of his little speeches sometime. Tune out the words and watch how he says 'em. Very inspiring, right? Now think about what he's doing. Truck a nuclear bomb into Gotham and tell us he'll let it off if anybody tries to walk. Get people fired up about Dent, then let everybody out of Blackgate, arm 'em up, and turn 'em loose."
His hands sketch the result in the air, a dispersal of violence through the streets of the city; he shakes his head.
"I think a lot of people believe in what Bane's selling, but I don't think he does. 'Cause take it from me, what he's done so far is a great plan if you want a lot of people killing each other and feeling good about it. If you start out thinking about freedom and equality, you don't come up with this."
His hands sketch the result in the air, a dispersal of violence through the streets of the city; he shakes his head.
"I think a lot of people believe in what Bane's selling, but I don't think he does. 'Cause take it from me, what he's done so far is a great plan if you want a lot of people killing each other and feeling good about it. If you start out thinking about freedom and equality, you don't come up with this."
mylegalname
Well, that's... touching? Is that touching? That might be touching.
John wonders what he's gotten himself into.
John wonders what he's gotten himself into.
mylegalname
"I'm just... thinking," he says, after a pause. "Don't worry about it. It's not important."
campanas
Pen thinks, then nods. Then she thinks some more and nudges Cindy. "You maybe friend help doing things?" she asks.
manofmyword
"Thaaat depends," the Joker says musingly. "Could be. Could be he won't bite. But I don't think we'll lose much by asking. Hey, Johnny, wanna do me a favour?"
manofmyword
He giggles.
"Not even a 'depends on the favour'? Don't tempt me." But he flaps a hand, dismissing this subject. "No good playing tricks when we should be working, though. Nah, there's a couple people I want you to find. Nothing too dangerous. Not even too shady. Well... comparatively."
"Not even a 'depends on the favour'? Don't tempt me." But he flaps a hand, dismissing this subject. "No good playing tricks when we should be working, though. Nah, there's a couple people I want you to find. Nothing too dangerous. Not even too shady. Well... comparatively."