[ His answering smile is wry. This isn't the face his enemies know. ]

Oh, you really don't want to meet me in a dark alley.

[ They are threats to each other. Every piece of the truth is not given easily. But nothing says they can't be a little playful, and circle. ]

[ He nods to 76. ]

There're plenty who'd say the same of me.

[ Criminal, one-man reign of terror, the headlines get more garish whenever he checks back. It just means that the law in both worlds has cracks, and people fall through it. ]

I never answered to anyone. [ To his conscience — though look where that got him. Alfred. ] I don't intend to start now.