[ she did ask and she doesn't exactly regret it, but she probably isn't expecting his response to hit like a gut-punch either. she's thankful for the mask -- it doesn't hide everything, but maybe it helps disguise some of that unexpected pain and heartbreak. it's a weird, disjointed sort of mental and emotional process: he isn't hers and that helps, but she's lost -- or almost lost -- her bruce enough times to know that his selina is hurting. she knows she won't be moving on any time soon and, quite possibly, not ever. not really.
she looks away from him, not wanting bruce to see her cry, but does nothing to disguise the sadness in her voice. ]
I am so sorry, Bat...
[ and that that realization hits, the music from the live band suddenly at full volume again. they're both here for a reason, right? maybe she's dead. bible thumper really did a number on eddie and she's been so goddamn distracted, what's not to say she didn't take a bullet to the brain? ]
That's not-- is that what this is? Some kind of purgatory? Are all of these people dead, too?
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she looks away from him, not wanting bruce to see her cry, but does nothing to disguise the sadness in her voice. ]
I am so sorry, Bat...
[ and that that realization hits, the music from the live band suddenly at full volume again. they're both here for a reason, right? maybe she's dead. bible thumper really did a number on eddie and she's been so goddamn distracted, what's not to say she didn't take a bullet to the brain? ]
That's not-- is that what this is? Some kind of purgatory? Are all of these people dead, too?