[ He said it anyway. His voice was quiet, but he couldn't hold back his genuine shock. Complete silence followed after the single word, that name replaying in his head over and over. A dozen different emotions crossed his features at once, but anger is what settled there. Anger and fear. It was a damn good thing Ed wasn't there to see his face. A damn good thing.
The anger was easier to write off. That could be explained away with the simple reasoning that even if she somehow didn't know about Ed, she still knew about him. Everyone in Gotham knew about him. If she opened her mouth...
The fear would be harder to conceal. The reason for that response was selfish and fueled by jealousy, something he couldn't so easily push to the side if Ed caught on to it. So he had to be sure he didn't. He had to keep his response calculated. Voice steady. Act how he was expected to act. ]
Before you killed her you mean. [ Too blunt. He didn't care. ] In what scenario does this not result in a problem for us?
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[ He said it anyway. His voice was quiet, but he couldn't hold back his genuine shock. Complete silence followed after the single word, that name replaying in his head over and over. A dozen different emotions crossed his features at once, but anger is what settled there. Anger and fear. It was a damn good thing Ed wasn't there to see his face. A damn good thing.
The anger was easier to write off. That could be explained away with the simple reasoning that even if she somehow didn't know about Ed, she still knew about him. Everyone in Gotham knew about him. If she opened her mouth...
The fear would be harder to conceal. The reason for that response was selfish and fueled by jealousy, something he couldn't so easily push to the side if Ed caught on to it. So he had to be sure he didn't. He had to keep his response calculated. Voice steady. Act how he was expected to act. ]
Before you killed her you mean. [ Too blunt. He didn't care. ] In what scenario does this not result in a problem for us?