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[doctor_j_crane]

I would like to apologize- [He stops, because he sounds sarcastic. It's like a natural reflex. He continues on more normally.] I would sincerely like to apologize to Hayley Stark for dosing her with a highly unpleasant fear toxin last July, according to the calendar that the Admiral has inflicted on us. It was unwarranted in her case

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[stopthat_destro]

But it was warranted in everybody else's case? My. How difficult it must have been for you to man up to the one, tiny error of your ways.

[doctor_j_crane]

[Crane is not amused, because Rex is so very right.]

It's none of your business, Rex. Were you even affected by it?

[stopthat_destro]

I was murdered during your little tantrum, so yes. [And lol Rex wouldn't even care if that didn't happen.]

[doctor_j_crane]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize that I'd hurt your precious feelings. Do you want a personalized apology too? [Feel the sarcasm.]

[boughtitall]

What does this 'fear toxin' entail? Other than the obvious.

[doctor_j_crane]

Well. [Crane is actually kind of pleased that someone is showing interest.]

Aside from the obvious, it's a certain chemical that's specifically created to increase the fear response in the brain and the central nervous system. It heightens the primal fear response and by a combination with outside stimulus it can have quite an extreme effect on the subject at hand. Anything along the scale of mild hysteria to death.

[boughtitall]

[A mild pause. It's like listening to Yusef all over again... with Fischer's voice. Even so, colour him interested.]

And you created this?

[doctor_j_crane]

Yes. It's such common knowledge I can't even be bothered to be secretive about it. Anyone on the barge would be able to tell you the same thing, which makes me think that you didn't know my Gotham counterpart.

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[victimofnoone]

The point was to apologize to everyone you hurt, not to publicly apologize to me.

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[doctor_j_crane]

[Oh wow, look at those comments that Crane's done. They don't really fit with the apologizing to everyone theme. Shot himself in the foot before he really started.]

But we personally have the issue. [Pause. Sigh.] I have a feeling that this exercise in miscommunication isn't helping?

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[victimofnoone]

When you're being a jerk to my friends? It's not really helping your case.

Apologize to Rex specifically and to everyone else that was here in general or dose yourself, J.

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[doctor_j_crane]

Hayley, Rex is your friend but he certainly isn't my friend. He doesn't even qualify as an acquaintance.

We had a deal. You can't just go changing the conditions.

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[imaginationlol]

What brought his on?

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[doctor_j_crane]

A conversation with someone. What I was attempting to do didn't work in any case.

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[imaginationlol]

And what were you attempting?

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[doctor_j_crane]

[Crane sighs.] To work out some issues with Hayley.

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[ourlastbesthope]

What in the hell was that about?

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[doctor_j_crane]

You sound almost offended, Capa.

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[ourlastbesthope]

The only thing I am...is suspicious.

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[doctor_j_crane]

If it helps, the thing I was trying to do appears to have failed anyway. So you win by default.