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Pretty sure that's the Batman's remit, dude. Besides, you'd really wanna deal with those sort of crazies?

Batman is a big grump. That's not the kind of hero any city needs.

I'm young and way more hip. Every city needs me, but like I tell the ladies there's only so much of me to go around.

True, but the guy does seem to be scary and know how to deal with bad guys. I can't really see you being that intimidating.

Heh. Given the choice of women in Gotham I think if you tried hitting on any of them you'd be having a death wish. Lord knows I've tried before... got giant mallets and claws and big scary plants for my trouble. And Batgirl is too young, Batwoman is too lesbian and Huntress is... well, don't try to get on her bad side.

You don't have to be intimidating to be a great superhero. What's with that need to be gritty and daaarrkkk to do a good job? I can be that guy everyone runs away from because who wants to lose a fight to a guy with bubbles?

Did you hit on a lesbian? Sorry dude. But a lot of girls like the dorky thing, and I've got that down to a science!

No, but it seems to work for some people. Maybe you should consider Central City? Flash's turf sounds more your thing.

Pretty sure I hit on every woman aged between 21 and 50 in the super hero profession, hell I've done it bug sized. Guess I should try the dorky jokester thing sometime. Lord knows it works for Spider-Man.

I uh. Did the Emo thing. I was Goth as fuck for a while....too long actually.
Totally not my style.

Yeah... It's got to be Gothan. Or New York. But I think Gotham needs me more. There a lot of Heroes in New York already.

Yeah, Penance, I recall. I had the Work for Loonie Osborn in the Thunderbolts experience too, you know. Not my style either.

I suppose they don't have too many Meta types. No harm in trying, right?

Riiiight.

Hey, I've saved the world a bunch of times!

Let's not use the P-word. I'm doing an okay job of blocking out most of that period of my Life.
How did Osbourn get you?

Still. Gotham's in the best hands there are.

Hey thanks! I'm pretty proud of my hands! I'm not sure if I want Orange gloves or if I should keep the blue ones though.

No, seriously, Batman and Nightwing have it covered. You'd just be in the way.

Man if I had a dime every time someone said that... I'd be Tony Stark.

Naw. The Avengers tell me that ever Wednesday, and I still manage to save the world before Saturday.

Look, I'm totally not saying you're not a hero and you don't do good out there. I'm super happy that you are, because the world needs you, you know? But Gotham's sort of a whole different world. You don't infringe on Bat's turf.

Well maybe he should do a better job if he doesn't want the kids to pick up where he's slacking?

You don't actually know anything about Batman, do you. [That's not exactly a question.]

I know I had the original "I AM BATMAN" voice. Before it was cool to have a funny voice.

I'm trying to figure out what that has to do with anything, but I'm failing. Also, cool? Not something he's concerned with.

You asked if I knew anything about Batman. I know I beat him at having a weird voice. Which is a thing. A something or an anything, your choice.

Lots of heroes have weird voices and have for decades. Centuries even. I don't think it's a contest?

Everything's a contest. Popularity. Talent. Swimsuit. They're all good.

You know I was never very good at those. Especially swimsuit because it's really not about how well you can swim and let me tell you, I can butterfly like no one's business.

I won an art contest once. When I was twelve. Worse day of my life.

Why? That's awesome!

Nope. That was the day my Mom decided I should pursue a career in the arts. My father didn't agree.

They fought about it, until the day they disowned me.

That's pretty harsh. Over one art contest?

I am pretty sure they both thought I was a lot more talented than I was.

Parents are kinda like that.

If I knew that when I was a kid, I'd have come in second.

If we knew everything when we were kids we wouldn't be the awesome people we are.

Pft. Speak for yourself!

No, sorry, if you're out there doing the hero thing you are automatically awesome.

Well. Yeah. That's true. I am kind of awesome.

See! That's the spirit.

I'd offer my autograph but it'd actually just get you hacked when you tried to sell it on Ebay.

It's not often I get hacked. Or that I'd sell a hero's autograph on eBay.

Yeah but that's not the sort of thing you want to tempt fate over.

Guess not, especially when she can be such a bitch.

Ohyeah.

I'm Robbie, by the way.

Babs. Nice to meet you.

Yeah, if it was me I wouldn't wanna recall much of that either.

Picked me up after I did some decent work in the Initiative in Camp Hammond, thought I was doing some proper hero work until I realised what a nut the guy was, together with most of the guys they stuck me with. So me, Paladin and Ghost started to wreck stuff from within. Got Bucky Barnes untied when Osborn was trying to have him delivered to Red Skull for one thing.