Don't be the victim who drowns. Don't sink with the rest. Be active. Rise up, ... reclaim the light, ... and be the one who does the drowning.

So I hope you appreciate our work, because... you're going to die here. Ha. Ha. Ha.

You know I am something twisted and wrong, and that terrifies you.

they were all just problems to solve. One by one. Methodically. With precision. And blood.

You hear that? People think of birth as loud, and death as silent. Things start with a bang, end with a whimper, but I'll tell you a secret. See, endings...endings are the loudest of all.

Out of every version of us across the universe, you're the most miserable. 

But my favor...all I wanted...was to hear you all die screaming. So...help a guy out?

That's the secret I've been waiting to tell you all this time... the point of Gotham was to conquer!

Out of every version of us across the universe, you're the most miserable. 

Take a good look Bruce. What do you see? You've never fought someone with all your training. Your discipline. See it yet? I'm not him in a batsuit. I'm you. You. How you are supposed to be without the codes. Without the rules. Except one. BATMAN. ALWAYS. WINS.

develop separate murderous Batcaves meticulously designed with each of you in mind. 

It all comes down to this. Everything. A thousand versions of myself, at war with me, all led by one creature. This is the final battlefield. I feel it.

The happiest Bruce Wayne.

STOP! ...STOP...STOP...

 "I'm the Goddamn Batman Who Laughs!"

Something you weren't prepared for. *laughs*

But in all honesty... I was holding back

"
"You made them believe. You fooled them into always thinking that you would always be there for them, to save them, to lift them up, to make them better. And that belief is exactly what will drag your entire world to devastation.."
"Because if you were willing to cast off your humanity, you would be the strongest. You have no comprehension of the power that resides within you.."

Everyone else is a weakness. A weakness I'm ready to shed.

Well, a guy who dresses up like a bat clearly has issues.

. You won't kill me, because you're smart, and you know I know things that no other being in this universe knows. And there's a deeper reason. A more Human reason... you and Batman are probably the two greatest strategic minds of your world. But your Batman has rules that I don't. You're not going to kill me. Hell. A few months down the road, and I bet you'll unlock the chains yourself. Because you're going to want to know, when all the chips are on the table, and we both become all we can become... who is going to win? You...or me?

"You're not going to kill me. You're too smart for that. You know I came here because I wanted to see how much you already knew. You've got a good start, I'll give you that. You've moved a few pieces along in this game. But you're going to need my help when you get stuck. Because I'm not from here. I don't give a damn about the little ants you're trying to convince to be gods. I barely give a damn about you. 
Yes. You just gave me everything I need. To remake the Multiverse in my own image. So let me be the first to welcome you... to the Last 52.

"Now I'll take my new form, child. Don't be afraid. Blue is for soldiers of morning of light. But me... I am no dawn. No, you can call me... THE DARKEST KNIGHT