voice; filtered from the Joker
She's dead. Misty--She's dead.
[There's a long pause. That was hard enough for him to say. He needs time to filter the words he needs to say next.]
I hope--I know--she'll come back. That's not the point.
[Another pause, then more violently:] He beat her. The bastard beat her with her own... [A deep breath. Control yourself, Danny.] ... She was in pain before she died. That's all I care about. If anyone didn't deserve that, it was her. She didn't deserve any of this...
[A long silence then a cold, very uncharacteristic laugh. Softly:] I want to kill him. I shouldn't--and I won't--but I want to.
Don't know why I'm saying all this. I think someone told me doing this was therapeutic once.
[There's a long pause. That was hard enough for him to say. He needs time to filter the words he needs to say next.]
I hope--I know--she'll come back. That's not the point.
[Another pause, then more violently:] He beat her. The bastard beat her with her own... [A deep breath. Control yourself, Danny.] ... She was in pain before she died. That's all I care about. If anyone didn't deserve that, it was her. She didn't deserve any of this...
[A long silence then a cold, very uncharacteristic laugh. Softly:] I want to kill him. I shouldn't--and I won't--but I want to.
Don't know why I'm saying all this. I think someone told me doing this was therapeutic once.