Re: Eddie N/Steve R
[A long pause and then after cooling off:] Steve. I'm sorry for snapping at you. I'm lucky to have a wife, or a head or even a goddamned home at this point. Having Crane's ashes would have closed a chapter for me. It would heal part of me and it would be respectful enough to suit Crane and his lady. He's hurt me, he's almost killed pretty much everyone I love and he represents a dark side of the city we're leaving behind. The Gotham that we grew up in died with Crane and got carted off with Ra's. We're trying to start a new chapter here. With kids and clinics and hard working citizens.
I know I come across as flippant and quippy. I'm a grownup enough to admit that it's a coping mechanism. If you can hand me the ashes, that would be great. I don't want fanfair. I don't want tensions between the doors. I just wanted to feel like I could put something behind me.