Jeremiah saw the potential. He saw that the two of us were incomplete without the other. He knew that we needed to evolve into something new, together. Something more.

Calling me a bat-king, ruling over my dark kingdom.

And what is a king, really? It's a powerful card. The highest valued face card in the deck. Not infallible, to be sure, but potent. And the joker card? On it's own?

It has no inherent value. It's defined by what is played against. Dangerous in its potential more than anything. But if you hold the two together in a hand, they can hold nearly any value. They can shift and adapt to any threat they face. And so can I..."