Re: Comm: Shiva/Bo
What has happened is that your Bat is weak. Your Gotham is corrupt. The Bat's birds turn traitors because he does not trust them, and who wishes to be loyal to someone who treats them like the dirt under his feet? You may tell Richard that whether he thinks this is his Gotham or not, it is where he is now, and it is going to fall.
As for the one called Hood, I allowed the Bat's son to try to fix matters first. He did not. I am not afraid of the hard choices. It is good that someone should be willing to do what must be done in such circumstances. I would not have thought of it, had it not been tasked to the woman I inhabit in the desert. You may blame her for setting me down this course, should you require blame.
Now, I leave you. Tell Richard he is no longer a child. I expect better from the acrobat now.
[And pause, crackle, and the sound of breathing after Max crosses back through and waits for him to tell her what the hell happened.]