Sometimes I... question the rationality of my actions.
And I'm afraid that when I walk through those asylum gates... when I walk into Arkham and the doors close behind me... it'll be just like coming home.
Sometimes it's only madness that makes us what we are.
What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're alone.
— Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?
— No, but I know how you got these.
— Goodnight.
— You look tired. You should stop working nights.
— You should shut it down, or my friends and I will do it for you.
— That was a very brave thing you did.
— Trying to catch the light?
— I analyzed your blood, isolating the receptor compounds and the protein-based catalyst...
— Am I meant to understand any of that?
— Not at all, I just wanted you to know how hard it was.
Sometimes it is only madness that makes us what we are.
— As a symbol I can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting.
— What symbol?
— Something elemental, something terrifying.
— Tell me, do you bleed? You will!