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    Summary

    The door opens.

    Jason listens to the footsteps of the man who broke his wing, leaving him bare.

    He sits beneath the harsh light in his worn out Robin costume, blood dried beneath his nose, one eye swollen shut. Dried blood marks his bare thigh in thin, uneven streaks, evidence of the abuse he has endured. Jason does not look at it. He does not want to .
    The screen flickers.

    "Have you got something to tell the nice man, Jason?"

    "My name is Jason Todd."

    The answer comes on command. Empty.

    "Who do you hate?"

    "Batman."

    Joker smiles.

    "Excellent, of course you do."

    "Did you get that, Bats? Kid’s not yours anymore. He’s mine. Mine, mine, mine. To do with as I please."

    "Come on, Jason. Look at the camera."

    Slowly, Jason lifts his head.

    His eyes find the lens. Vacant.

    His lips form the smallest imitation of a smile.

    It isn’t a smile.

    It’s the shape of one.

    "If Batsy could see you right now? What would you tell Daddy Bats?"

    Jason blinks.

    "I wish I had never met him. "
    Batman was already dead to him.

    As though Jason Todd was, too.

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