Competent? In Gotham?
It took the system a month to figure out what to do with Simon. A few days in General Population, where he ate nothing, bit four people and lost two teeth. That was enough for the authorities to make the connection, and a simple DNA test later, they knew who had been leaving chewed-up bodies in the subway. A handful of assault charges was suddenly the answer to a mystery that had stymied the Gotham PD for a year, the answer to as many as sixteen unsolved murders. They quickly moved their newfound serial killer from gen-pop to isolation.
He didn't do much better in there. No one to fight with, but the young man continued to refused to eat. "I can't eat that!" he insisted when pressured, and attacked the guard doing the pressuring. That led to restraints, and restraints led to a trip to Gotham General when his 'hunger strike' continued.
In the meantime, his court-appointed lawyer didn't have to fight hard for a competency hearing. Which is what's led to this appointment with one Doctor Chase Meridian. Hello, Chase. Meet Simon.
He didn't do much better in there. No one to fight with, but the young man continued to refused to eat. "I can't eat that!" he insisted when pressured, and attacked the guard doing the pressuring. That led to restraints, and restraints led to a trip to Gotham General when his 'hunger strike' continued.
In the meantime, his court-appointed lawyer didn't have to fight hard for a competency hearing. Which is what's led to this appointment with one Doctor Chase Meridian. Hello, Chase. Meet Simon.