M. / how long has it been since you’ve slept ?
they look out upon the remnants of a lab at one time manufactured drops. nothing left but shattered glass and the smell of charred flesh. of course there were those who were collateral in such an enterprise , an enterprise that was starting to make sense to the batman each day.
perhaps there was value in knowing what you were up against , the city cruel and unforgiving as those utilized her cruelness and preyed upon those who were most vulnerable. the batman remembers watching this exact location , he remembers hearing one of the workers on the phone with his wife as she questioned him about just where they would get the money for their daughters much needed operation. one could practically hear the desperation , the knowing that what he was doing was done for reasons beyond his control.
the batman had needed to hear such stories to know that those who were in such a position were not drawn to such an enterprise out of greed but , SURVIVAL.
there was a difference between the two , gordon had gotten them together. the batman insisting that he meet gotham's newest DA. not that he expected harvey to work with him , not everyone had gordon's vision , and most importantly gordon's patience. tonight they meet under a moon that breaks ever so gently through cloudy skies , they're north of the gotham square , an area that's just been deemed as traversable.
' it's been some time ' the batman manages the moonlight bounces off shattered glass puts features in what could only be described as odd. ' though if you're gotham's DA i doubt you've slept ... - do you remember this cookhouse ? ' he walks through the ruble , and picks up some pieces of glass with a gloved hand. ' i brought you here to remind you of something .... ' his stature bent as cape fans out , and he then spots a picture. the picture half burnt ; the resin paper peeling as it distorts an image.
his grey eyes and lenses' make their way over the smiling features of those whose images are captured in the picture. finally recognizing the father whose call that he had overheard all those weeks ago.
his gloved hand then goes to turn the picture over as it's dated february 12th 2009 , getting up from current position as he seems to grown in stature (the shadows had always been so kind). making his way over to harvey as he goes to offer up the picture , ' it's become more difficult now ... the stories complicated - he was a couple of weeks away from paying for his daughters operation. oswald had fronted the money ... used his own daughter against him ' / @coinofsilver
