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[he_is_wild]

There is a pattern and a rhythm to what I do! I do something terrible, he beats me up, he tosses me into Arkham and I escape again!

What does not happen is me waking up in a gutter, half-drugged outta my skull and still in a straitjacket.

*His voice is harsh but those used to hearing it may detect an undertone of pain*

What happened to the

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[Voice]

[goddamnknight]

You've always had horrible timing, Joker.

[Voice]

[he_is_wild]

Yeah? Well guess what, Bats...

[Voice]

[goddamnknight]

I'm not playing any of your games today.

[Voice]

[he_is_wild]

Well that's just it!

It wasn't me. I had nothing to do with any of this!

[Voice]

[goddamnknight]

Joker. Does that really matter, in your case?

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[he_is_wild]

HEY! I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS AS MUCH AS YOU DO, GUANO-BREATH!

YOU THINK I LIKE NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!?

AND I....I...uh...

[Voice]

[he_is_wild]

...I'm gonna get beat up for something I didn't do again, aren't I?

[Voice]

[goddamnknight]

Not if you come quietly.

[Voice]

[he_is_wild]

To where? The holding cells won't contain me. Blackgate won't have me.

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[goddamnknight]

I can be persuasive.

[Voice]

[he_is_wild]

*Giggles*

I once killed six men with a plastic food tray there. Would YOU take me back?

[Voice]

[goddamnknight]

We'll see if they have any room in solitary.

[Voice]

[he_is_wild]

I'm not going behind bars...

I'm not. Not for something I didn't do!

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[goddamnknight]

You've done enough to warrant it.

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[he_is_wild]

...Batsy...I know you long to be close to your humble Jester. I know you don't feel truly right unless you're beating me up. I know! And I love you for it! I'm flattered, truly.

But...well, thing is, darling, SOMETHING IS IN GOTHAM. Something that can do that to the Asylum. Isn't that just a wee bit more important right now?

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[goddamnknight]

...That doesn't mean I won't be on you the moment you step out of line.