[In the cave, Alfred looks as Bruce Wayne prepares to go out as Batman once again after an eight-year absence]
If you're seriously considering going back out there, you should hear the rumors surrounding Bane.
I'm all ears.
There is a prison in a more ancient part of the world. A pit where men are thrown to suffer and die. But sometimes a man rises from the darkness. Sometimes the pit sends something back.
Bane.
Bane. Born and raised in hell on earth.
Born in a prison?
No one knows why, or how he escaped. But they do know that once he did, he was trained by Ra's Al Ghul, your mentor.
Bane was a member of the League of Shadows?
And then he was excommunicated. And any man who is too extreme for Ra's Al Ghul is not to be trifled with.
I didn't realize I was known for trifling with criminals.
That was then. And you can strap up your leg and put your mask back on. But that doesn't make who you were.
If this man is everything that you say he is, then the city needs me.
The city needs Bruce Wayne. Your resources, your knowledge. It doesn't need your body, or your life. That time has passed.
You're afraid that if I go back out there, I'll fail.
No. I'm afraid that you want to.
