Hey, Dr. Arkham! I have a question for you. Well, actually two. Which patient you've treated did you find the most interesting? And the most complicated?
I think they are all far too interesting. To pick which one I find most bizarre would be doing a disservice. Not to them but to myself.
Though, I find Kirk Langstrom complicated. One could argue that he’s sane. And, for the most part, he is. I’ll admit that. Of course it remains that when he’s the “Man-Bat” it would be a ridiculous notion to call him anything close to sane. Not only that, he was the one who injected a scarcely tested serum into his veins, all by his own volition.
That’s already a tad complicated. Unfortunately there’s more to it than that. Since I’m ready to assume you don’t know a thing about bats despite your nickname, here are the facts.
Bats can and do carry diseases without being sick themselves. How, you might wonder? They don’t have an immune response, instead coexisting with the diseases that perpetuate their bodies. It’s a clever work of nature, yes, but leaves every other creature they come in contact with to suffer from the sicknesses the bats brought. Creatures such as my employees.
I consider Kirk Langstrom a biohazard when he is Man-Bat. As such, I have to supply proper PPE and vaccines to the doctors working with him. It still doesn’t stop something blood borne being contracted from the occasional attempted mauling.
When the man is restored to his proper form after one of his longer stints, we sometimes have to hospitalize him due to all the illnesses he’s contracted and how his mutated body let them fester. I do pity him. He didn’t mean to become this much of a hassle.
At least we can count on that, for a majority of the time, Mr. Langstrom knows to keep his claws to himself.
I hope you got whatever enlightenment you were looking to me for, “Batgirl”. Have a decent evening.
