1. You're late. What happened?
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2. There were difficulties.
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3. - Mist, Livewire and...
- I know this part.
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4. - Skip to the...
- You want to tell it?
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5. Mist, Livewire and Shade
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6. made their move tonight
on STAR labs, Detroit.
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7. What's he waiting for?
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8. Oh, I'm finding the darkness within.
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9. Two points.
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10. Didn't think I'd actually
score on this mission.
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11. - This is it.
- The photo didn't indicate scale.
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12. It's larger than I was led to believe.
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13. I thought size doesn't matter.
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14. We're out of time.
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15. That's a lot to swallow.
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16. You got to stop handing
me these straight lines.
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17. Just need a minute.
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18. - We don't have a minute.
- Freeze!
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19. Do not move!
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20. You're here.
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21. You're my team, I watch your back...
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22. Maybe I made the wrong decision...
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23. Quittin' when I did.
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24. Right when the league
was splittin' in half,
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25. I left Kaldur understaffed
and Virgil in the lurch.
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26. Maybe I need to go back.
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27. Best pillow-talk ever.
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28. Sorry, it's, um...
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29. It's been a while.
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30. I'm teasing, Jeff.
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31. The bottom line is you
left for a reason.
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32. Has anything really changed?
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33. No.
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34. The League used to be about
helping people. Period.
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35. Now it's all politics.
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36. And Bats, he's still
playing CEO of Batman Inc.
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37. I'm better off freelancing with...
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38. Ah, speak of the devil.
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39. Recognized.
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40. Pierce, Jefferson.
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41. G 01.
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42. Good. We're all here.
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43. All? Where's Conner?
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44. Mending fences with Megan.
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45. Didn't know their fence was broken.
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46. No, it's not so much broken as
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47. left unattended for too long.
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48. Ah, right.
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49. Lynn and I had fence problems...
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50. Before the divorce.
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51. Must we maintain the "fence" metaphor
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52. or can we find out why
we've all been summoned?
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53. Okay. I need you to maintain your cool.
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54. We've located someone who might have
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55. some intel on the League of Shadows.
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56. Meaning we'll finally find my sister?
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57. That's wonderful.
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58. Not so wonderful.
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59. The intel would be from my sister.
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60. Lian's mother? That's great.
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61. Not so great.
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62. She may not be very cooperative.
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63. Not very cooperative? That's excellent.
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64. Not so excellent?
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65. No.
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66. Forager is good at this game.
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67. Our understanding is she's wounded,
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68. a cornered animal.
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69. That makes her dangerous.
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70. Are we going or not?
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71. You know, Cheshire,
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72. most of my patients prefer to be sedated
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73. while under the knife
to remove a bullet.
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74. One would almost believe you
don't trust your physician.
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75. And one would be right.
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76. But don't take it personally, Dr. Moon.
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77. I don't even trust myself.
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78. Cheshire, we have company.
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79. Keep them busy. Time to go, Doctor.
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80. She's not going anywhere.
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81. So you're Black Lightning.
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82. Heard you quit the Justice League.
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83. Must've known you were obsolete.
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84. Wearing yourself out?
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85. It's a two-way street, kid.
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86. I can't touch you, but you can't...
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87. Sorry. Really don't want to do this.
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88. Forager!
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89. Halo!
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90. Sorry. Really sorry.
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91. Ow! That hurts.
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92. Go head, zap me!
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93. Absorbing lightning's totally my thing.
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94. You've never had Black Lightning before.
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95. Geo-Force, return him now.
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96. Hmm, no.
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97. I think we'll just keep
him bottled for a while,
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98. or forever.
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99. Bring him back!
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100. You have to bring him back!
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101. - Are you all right?
- I'm...
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102. Fine.
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103. What happened?
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104. Halo happened.
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105. Get out of here! You have no right...
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106. Oh.
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107. It seems the doctor is out.
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108. I'm glad you're alive.
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109. But I have two questions
and one statement.
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110. Who is running the
League of Shadows now?
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111. And from where?
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112. You know I have no
loyalty to the Shadows.
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113. But I honestly don't
know who's running them.
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114. I do know
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115. they're being run out of Santa Prisca.
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116. Happy?
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117. Ecstatic.
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118. How's...
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119. How's Lian?
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120. Oh. Well, that brings
me to my statement.
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121. Go see your kid!
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122. Come on, sis.
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123. We both know she's
better off without me.
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124. You're her mother.
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125. But I'll always be...
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126. Cheshire first.
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127. See you later, sis.
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128. Hug...
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129. Hug Lian for me.
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130. Nightwing, Cheshire and Shade escaped.
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131. But, I have Dr. Moon,
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132. and the League of Shadows' intel.
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133. You're late. Report.
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134. Right. So,
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135. per your orders,
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136. and since his release from
Arkham six months ago
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137. I've been keeping occasional
tabs on Jervis Tetch,
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138. aka The Mad Hatter.
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139. Two weeks ago, I brought along my squad.
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140. Spoiler, Arrowette and Orphan.
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141. That's Tetch?
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142. For a Mad Hatter, he's
kind of, well, hatless.
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143. No hats. It's a condition of his parole.
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144. Hmm. Good thing he's not
called The Mad Pantser.
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145. He's heading for his night
job, right on schedule.
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146. - Although...
- The water?
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147. - Yeah.
- Uh, water?
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148. He's drinking a lot of it.
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149. And awfully fast.
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150. So, do we bust him for littering?
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151. Hmm. Clay backwash.
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152. Ugh. Gross.
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153. - So, you're thinking...
- Yeah, it's possible anyway.
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154. We need to find a way to check. Wait.
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155. Where's Orphan?
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156. Did you know Tetch was really
Clayface, or just not care?
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157. You're gonna regret that, kid.
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158. Is Clayface an ally of Tetch's?
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159. They're not buddies.
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160. Which means Tetch is
probably controlling him.
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161. Doesn't matter. We know where Tetch is,
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162. so forget Clayface.
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163. Let's go get Hatter!
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164. We don't know where Tetch is.
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165. But Clayface clearly does,
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166. and I tossed a liquid tracker on him.
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167. Nice.
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168. Now, this won't hurt a bit,
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169. or it may be agonizing.
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170. Hard to say.
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171. Now, let's test it, shall we?
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172. Raise your right hand.
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173. Very good. Very good.
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174. But too easy.
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175. Punch yourself.
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176. Hard!
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177. Oh, what are you doing here?
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178. I had to protect you.
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179. From what?
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180. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
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181. Yes! Yes! Clayface, protect me!
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182. Shield me!
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183. You, time to go.
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184. Follow, follow, follow.
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185. What is this place? What's Tetch up to?
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186. I'll find out. Arrowette, Orphan,
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187. run interference with Clayface.
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188. Spoiler, go after Hatter.
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189. Self-destruct button.
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190. Well, what part of Mad
Hatter didn't you get?
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191. Now, follow, follow, follow.
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192. That hurt!
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193. Everyone, out of the building! Now!
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194. I lost Tetch and whoever
he was running with!
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195. Worry later! Get out now!
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196. You too, Hagen! The
building's going to explode.
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197. Must protect Hatter!
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198. Clayface...
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199. He didn't make it.
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200. I think he'll be fine,
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201. and really angry at Jervis Tetch.
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202. She is late.
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203. She's calling from half-way
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204. across the galaxy, give her a minute.
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205. Sorry, I'm late.
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206. Had to bounce a signal from the
Javelin to the Watchtower to you.
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207. - Break it down for me.
- Of course.
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208. It began several weeks ago.
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209. Two meta-prisoners were
loaded on a transport
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210. to take them to a secured
flight to Belle Reve.
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211. Have I mentioned that I love this gig?
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212. 'Cause I really love this gig.
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213. Kid, when you've been at
this as long as I have,
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214. what you'll love is just
getting through the day.
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215. Oh, come on. We're putting
bad guys where they belong.
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216. I mean, you can't tell me part
of you doesn't love this gig.
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217. All right. Sure.
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218. Part of me loves this gig...
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219. Okay. Yeah, I totally love this gig.
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220. Look out!
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221. How terrific.
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222. A hockey puck, really?
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223. Really.
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224. Kadabra, anytime!
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225. Kind of a rocky ride.
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226. Beggars can't be choosers.
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227. Now that's more like it.
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228. Now, gentlemen, let's be off.
Time is not on our side.
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229. Neither are we!
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230. No! No! No!
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231. Please, keep punching.
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232. Kadabra!
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233. Yes. Yes. Fear not...
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234. Better get while the getting's good.
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235. Oh, no, you don't.
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236. Oh, yeah, they did.
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237. Oh, man. I got the worst luck.
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238. Trust me.
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239. You have no idea just how lucky you are.
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240. We held on to Brick
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241. and captured Abra Kadabra, but...
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242. But Sportsmaster got away
with the other prisoner.
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243. Still, over the last few weeks
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244. we've managed to cripple
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245. the Branchwater chain of
meta-human traffickers.
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246. Branchwater?
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247. A so-called security firm
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248. owned by series of shell companies
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249. that trace back to Stagg Industries
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250. and its majority shareholder,
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251. Simon Stagg.
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252. Branchwater uses different methods,
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253. but is easily as bad as Bedlam.
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254. It's basically a
meta-crime covert ops unit
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255. that Stagg used for corporate espionage.
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256. Or corporate warfare.
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257. Diana, we had identified
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258. three links in the Branchwater chain,
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259. acquisition, coercion and utilization.
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260. Link one, acquisition.
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261. Instead of creating new
meta-humans as Bedlam did,
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262. Sportsmaster liberated existing metas
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263. from prisons and transports.
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264. Clayface, Livewire and Mist,
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265. had all been taken while
en route to Belle Reve.
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266. Link two, coercion.
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267. Instead of Bedlam's control chips
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268. Branchwater had Mad Hatter inject
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269. its newly liberated
convicts with nanotech
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Branchwater's commands.
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271. Okay, yeah, they're criminals.
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272. But they're criminals being
victimized by Stagg.
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273. Clayface, Livewire and Mist
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274. were all discovered to have
Hatter's nanotech in their systems.
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275. Which would've been Brick's fate
had he also been liberated.
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277. Cheshire ran missions for Branchwater
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278. using the controlled metas
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279. for whatever Stagg wanted or needed.
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280. Cheshire, working with Sportsmaster?
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281. I thought she hated her father.
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282. It's unclear if either knew
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283. both were employed by
the same organization.
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284. So the end result?
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285. Well, for starters, no one's
being coerced anymore.
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286. I found one of Hatter's control devices
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287. before his place blew up.
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288. Clayface,
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289. I forever release you
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290. from all external mental
control of your actions.
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291. Thanks, kid.
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292. I used the same device to
release Livewire and Mist
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left the Detroit airfield.
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295. are now in Belle Reve cells.
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296. And Mist and Livewire?
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297. They are minors, not hardened criminals.
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298. We believe they are salvageable,
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299. and are seeking another
solution for them both.
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300. And what about this Stagg?
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301. Conner and I took care of him.
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302. We busted him for receiving
stolen property.
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303. The Reach device Cheshire's
group took from STAR.
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304. What does this Reach device do?
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305. Why did Stagg want it?
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306. That's unclear.
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307. It was salvaged from a Reach warship
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308. downed during the battle
against the Warworld.
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309. Blue Beetle had previously
translated the Reach text
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310. on the side of the machine,
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311. and all it says is,
"Meta-human fail-safe."
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312. We believe Stagg had grown paranoid.
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313. Because he was using
metas against others,
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314. he feared someone else might
use metas against him.
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315. He thought the machine
would protect him against
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316. the "scary meta-world" he
himself was helping to create.
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317. And it cost him,
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318. because I anonymously forwarded
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319. the evidence we gathered
to the authorities.
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320. And right about now...
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321. Nice timing.
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322. And where's the Reach device currently?
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323. En route back to Dr. Stone
at STAR labs, Detroit.
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324. And I'm sure he'll be able to figure out
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325. its true purpose safely.
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326. Right now, I'm more concerned
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327. about Branchwater's most
recent acquisition.
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328. Shade.
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329. Sportsmaster liberated him.
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330. Turning him over to Hatter for
a nanotech control injection,
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331. so that he wound up as Cheshire's
mind-controlled stooge.
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332. Which means he's still subject
to her manipulations.
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333. Cheshire's not about to free him...
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335. But at least Stagg,
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336. who was responsible for turning
him into a living puppet,
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337. is no longer pulling Shade's strings.
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338. So this is a win?
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339. Largely. What troubles you?
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340. This.
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341. All of this.
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342. Between the seven of us, we're
coordinating six teams of heroes.
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343. None of whom know we're
working together.
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344. It's what we all agreed to, Diana.
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345. Taking a page from the
Light's own playbook,
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346. to fight fire with fire.
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347. We're kind of, the anti-Light.
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348. And that's a good thing?
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349. The opposite of light is darkness.
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350. Is that what we represent?
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351. Um, maybe that was a
poor choice of words.
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352. Or maybe it wasn't.
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353. I don't like keeping the other
members of the League in the dark.
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354. Worst-case scenario, they
need real deniability.
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355. Do you expect Superman
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356. to lie under oath?
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357. Do you expect me to?
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358. If it comes to that.
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359. As a princess of Themyscira,
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360. I expect you to use
your diplomatic status
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361. to avoid taking the stand at all.
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363. Are you all prepared to lie?
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