Joker watched Re-l fall without actually seeing her. His face clouded over with the dazed expression of someone who'd just survived an air raid.

He was thinking of the Batman. Something, something deep and almost animalistic, gnawed at his mind.

Yes! Find him. The Bat!

The Clown Prince-or maybe it was a struggling comedian-or maybe a circus ringleader-or an astronaut-pulled away from the window and vanished into the shadows of the old apartment. He left on his quest without leaving his usual taunt hanging in the air.