Re: Batman/Maria/Superman (or - After the longest car ride ever)
"All I knew was the torment that my body was going under. At those times that I have been exposed to it, it's very hard to concentrate on anything else."
There was a long silence this time. "I was seeing things." He was actually trembling. "Things that frightened me. Things that I couldn't take control of and fix. The city on fire, people I knew dying, myself unable to get up and help. Feeling helpless, angry, tormented with pain."
"And then the heat came from my eyes, without my starting it." The trembling grew worse, his shoulders shaking. "It ignited him, and he fell off the tower." Slowly, slowly, his head went down, tears forming. "I killed someone," he said, voice weak, broken. "I killed a man. I broke the vow that I took when I started this. I'd never taken another's life. I'm not a god, I'm not a judge."