STRIKE FEAR. BRING HOPE.

Batman: The Long Halloween #6 by Jeph Loeb

i thought doing something physical would help me forget.

dear lord, your face.

there has to be a way to conceal those marks.

keep this to yourself, okay?

i'm very disappointed.

there's no one i can talk to.

doesn't anyone ever see you come in that window?

how do you think i got this job?

don't you know it's a school night?

let's invite ourselves in.

maybe they get that all night cartoon channel here.

you made me spill my soda!

we're not getting anywhere like this.

i know scum like this, and i know how to make them jump.

if this is getting too ugly, you can take a walk.

you might get hurt.

how about some help here?

are you going to be alright?

i've got papers to grade.

you're in big-time trouble.

i can't get a break.

is this the adolescent angst i read so much about?

i gave up the delusions of sainthood a long while back.

i had some cleaning up to do.

is that blood on your arm?

it's nobody you know.

i hate that you know more about me than i know about you.

glad you told me not to take offense.

you are kind of harsh.

don't make me puke.

i'll save you some bad guys.

i can't let anything happen to her.

i feel sick.

we can do this all night.

you have an idea for getting us out of this room alive?

i'm not leaving without you.

hot enough for you, or should i turn up the heat?

don't flatter yourself.

not a bad night.

you always find me at a disadvantage.

it doesn't matter what you've done.

I've been dreaming for so long.

I've been living for so long, many seasons have passed me by.

Our dream ended long ago.

Late at night, things I thought I put behind me, haunt my mind.

If I don't make it, someone else will.

I can feel that it's time for me to face it.

This might just be the ending of the life I held so dear.

The world seems not the same, though I know nothing has changed.

I can't leave it all behind.

No remorse 'cause I still remember, the smile when you tore me apart.

You took my heart, deceived me right from the start.

You showed me dreams, I wished they would turn into real.

This world may have failed you, it doesn't give you reason why.

You could have chosen a different path of life.

The memories ease the pain inside.

Darling, you know I love you, till the end of time.

I fear your smile and the promise inside.

I see the truth that you've buried inside.

There is no mercy just anger I find.

The chains to my life are strong but soon they'll be gone.

I'll spread my wings one more time.

All the days of my life, I see them passing me by.

Their howls are sending chills down my spine.

We've been searching all night long but there's no trace to be found.

Is this the ending of what we've begun?

Would you mind if I hurt you?

Wish that I had other choices than to harm the one I love.

What have you done now?!

I've been waiting for someone like you but now you are slipping away.

Why, why does fate make us suffer?

There's a curse between us, between me and you.

Would you mind if I killed you?

You carry hate that I don't feel.

It tears me apart to sacrifice it all but I'm forced to let go.

You won't forgive me, but I know you'll be all right.

How can you be so blind?

So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed.

Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind?

Will all our sins be justified?

Please forgive me for the sorrow, for leaving you in fear.

What did they aim for when they missed your heart?

And I'm wondering why I still fight in this life.

This is what I wanted, nothing's gonna change it.

All in all you'd expect the wise to be wiser.

How can you find a heaven in this hell?

Is this what you wanted?

I don't want to get lost in his world.

Happy Batman Day to all who celebrate this little bitch of a man. 🙏

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