Batman
Clear.
Cyborg
How much further?
Batman
We're almost there.
Cyborg
Well, we need to hurry. We can't be out in the open much longer. He'll come for us.
Let him come. Let the bastard come. I'll stab this through his heart for what he did to Arthur. I want to make him pay.
Batman
I understand how you feel, Mera.
You have no idea how I feel.
Batman
But we have to stick to the plan to have any chance to make this right.
Who have you ever loved?
Au contraire, my little fish stick. He knows exactly what it's like to lose someone he loves. You know like, uh, a father? Like a mother?
Batman
Be very careful with the next thing you say.
Like an adopted son. Isn't that right, Batman? Maybe, in a way, that smelly old flounder is right. Because how many can die in your arms before you grow numb to death?
Batman
That's not very careful.
And how many dead eyes can you look into before you die inside yourself?
Batman
I've been dead inside a long time. But even I have a limit. [angrily] And if you cross that line, I swear to God, I will...
Before what, Bruce? Kill me? You won't kill me. I'm your best friend. Besides, who's gonna give you a reach-around? Anyway, you need me. You need me to help you undo this world you created by letting her die. Poor Lois, how she suffered so! I often wonder how many alternate timelines do you destroy the world because frankly, you don't have the cojones to die yourself. Hmm? So as usual, I'll be the bigger man. [holds out a Joker card] A truce, Bruce. As long as you have this card, a truce. But all you have to do is to tear it in half and I'm happy to discuss with you in any way you like, why you sent a Boy Wonder to do a man's job?
Batman
You know, it's funny that you would talk about people who died in my arms. Because when I held Harley Quinn, and she was bleeding and dying, she begged me with her last breath that when I killed you - and make no mistake, I will **** kill you - that I'd do it slow. I'm gonna honor that promise.
Oh, you're good. You almost had me. [pause, laughs]
