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Girl's got a track record of keepin' certain things to herself, even when she's not pussyfootin' around with your Big Bad Bat. Sometimes you can just tell when somebody's got a history of hurt.

[She pauses, and there's an almost superstitious feeling like she might accidentally summon somebody.] Is it just us here from back home?

Yeah... she's kinda my hero. Well, her and Batwoman.

[ She chews her lip, considering how much to share. ]

It's just us that are... alive, at the moment. Batman was here. [ That much Joker could tell her. ]

How come I never make these lists?

[Record scratch.] Wait, wait, the Bat is dead?! How? Who? Was it Mr. J??

[ That should really be obvious. ]

He's... comatose. In a morgue. Because an anomaly got the drop on him. They do that.

...You won't hafta remind me to look out for them things anymore.

Yeah.

[ God, she misses having Batman around. And Jason. And Zach, and Kesara, and Clayton... She shakes her head to banish the bad thoughts. ]

Sometimes they don't give you the chance to run. But if they give you the chance, run hard, and make sure to bar the doors and windows.

Gotcha. [Dang, this really isn't Narnia.]

Hey, listen... I know I'm supposed to be one of the good guys and you're one of the bad guys, but if you ever need anything, or just want to talk, I'm available, you know?

Thanks. [Her voice is soft. Harley hadn't expected this kind of gesture from someone who's hauled her butt into the authorities at least once. Not that she can still be completely serious about it.] They won't go and confiscate your cape?

"They" don't really have a say. I'm only working with Bats and She-Bats because they asked, and offered to train me.

[ She doesn't really consider herself a batkid, is what she's saying. She's really a bigger fan of Catwoman. ]

[Harley can respect that, she can hear Batman's "grr, this is my city!" speech inside her head even now.]

What is up with the Batty bunch tryin' to recruit kids all the time?

[At least the Joker stuck to circus freaks and low-level thugs. The latest Robin must have been all of four feet of prepubescent fury.]

My theory is he wants to control potential future problems. I'm not the only one he's recruited with a connection to the criminal world.

Connection to the criminal world? [She doesn't know this story.]

[ She raises her eyebrows, a little surprised. She just kind of assumes everyone knows. ]

My dad was the Cluemaster. He's the one who put a bounty on my head. It's kind of an open secret.

Cluemaster, really? [Talk about a poor man's Riddler. He had never been more than a blip on Harley's radar at best and Steph's debut as Spoiler proceeded even hers as Harley Quinn.] Didn't hear nothin' about any bounty. [Then again, Harley can't remember the last time she heard any news regarding the Spoiler. Probably because in her universe Steph's already running around as the new Batgirl.]

No? It topped out at $500 million before he was killed.

[ Everyone knew about that part. ]

Wowzers! Kinda sorry I missed out on that action... no offense! [That was even more than Selina gave her and Ivy for helping rob Hush blind.]

None taken. It was flattering, in a... scared-for-my-life sort of way. That's how I met Selina, actually. She caught me, and handed me over to Batman when she realized my information was legit.

She didn't mention. Sheesh, out of the game for five minutes and I miss all the big stuff.

Well, it wasn't that long ago. During the gang war year before last.

Maybe that was back when I was in Metropolis with Holly? Or maybe way back when I was in Rio with the Secret Six? [It's easy to lose track of the time.]

Or I guess we might be from different worlds. I'm totally sure where you were, I lost track of a lot of people when I started training full-time.

I hate alternate universes. There's never one where I'm like, Queen of all New Jersey.

Hey, infinite realities, chances are you're a queen in at least one.

Considerin' where this me's ended up, I figure the multiverse owes me that much.

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