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What was a lie?

Of course it was.

What's it to you?

Her. She didn't come back for me at all.

Who was she?

My mother.

Not very nice of a mother, to abandon a child. Unless there was no other choice, I suppose . . .

How long ago was this?

Which time?

The latest, if it happens often.

Just now. She came back to town because of a friend of mine, conned him out of 200,000 dollars. She wouldn't have come back for any other reason. Whatever.

Sounds like you might be better off without her . . .

Yeah, I knew that already. But that's not the point.

No? What is the point, then?

She's gone for 11 years and she comes back into my life just to get money out of my...my friend.

Eleven years? I'm hardly a moral man, but that's just cruel.

If you know where she is now, I'd be happy to deal with her . . .

No it's fine. I'm done with her. I shouldn't have even held out hope. If you'll leave a 5 year old, you'll leave a 16 year old even more quickly. Hope she enjoys that Wayne money. Won't buy her a heart.

At least if she's dealt with she won't come back and try it again.

At least cats don't let you down.

Especially since we don't expect much of them to start with.

Yeah, so much better than people.

Oh, humans have their uses . . .

Buncha suckers. Most of them.

I never said they'd like their uses.

Some of them are alright I guess.

But rarely enough so to be worth sparing.

Passing interest. Less, really.

You must be really bored then.

You some kind of killer?

I must be.

You remind me of someone.

Why yes, actually.

Cool. Lots of them in Gotham.

Probably not many with wendigo sickness, but it does seem like a pretty good attempt at the 'wretched hive of scum and villainy' aesthetic.

Dude, what the fuck is wendigo sickness?

You probably don't want to know, honestly.

Fair enough. Hey thanks for listening to me bitch about my mommy issues or whatever.

It's fine. I could probably use more human contact, honestly.

So you mean you're not human?

Not just that, but yes. You've met non-humans before, hmm?

Sort of. I mean there were some different people at Indian Hill. Don't worry, it doesn't bother me. Most humans suck anyway.

I enjoy them, myself, but mostly due to being a wendigo.

I feel like I've heard that word before but I'm not really sure where.

It's an American Indian myth, originally, but people have been borrowing it since at least Algernon Blackwood's story--about 100 years ago.

Is it cool to be a wendigo?

*He laughs.* I certainly think so, but I'm not the most trustworthy source. Most people seem to think I'm quite insane for some reason . . .

Screw 'em. You're alright to me.

Thank you.