Rain outside β even through the cement walls Mary can hear it, pounding against the roof, the windows, the pavement. She runs her hands through her hair, fingertips probing the sore spot where an over-excited cop had ripped out a ribbon during processing; sitting in the furthest corner of the holding cell, the wall presses cold and rough against her knees.
"Come to visit li'l ol' me," she says, raising her voice only slightly to be heard across the space. Overhead, just-just-just ekeing past the rumble of the storm, trails down the murmur of voices, of clatter, coming from the GCPD bullpen.
A fresh anger swells in her throat β that of the caged animal, pacing the bars of its cage.
"Go on. Ask your questions. And then I can tell you to fuck off before Arkham shows up."