ENJOYING YOUR RETIREMENT, BATMAN? OR SHOULD I SAY... MR. WAYNE? SPENDING A LITTLE TIME ON THE GOLF COURSE, PERHAPS? HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD FROM YOU FOR WEEKS, SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME YOU'VE DECIDED TO HANG UP THE COWL FOR GOOD.
A WISE DECISION ON YOUR PART, BRUCE. BUT I MUST CONFESS, I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO GIVE UP QUITE THIS EASILY. I WOULD HAVE IMAGINED IT WOULD TAKE FAR MORE THAN A DISFIGURING SKIN DISEASE, CRIPPLING NAUSEA, SPORADIC MOMENTS OF DEMENTIA, AND A MALEVOLENT IMPERSONATOR TO PUT AN END TO YOUR CAREER. BUT I SUPPOSE YOU SIMPLY AREN'T AS STRONG A MAN AS I'D IMAGINED.
PITY. I HAD SEVERAL MORE TORMENTS IN STORE FOR YOU, AND I DO HATE TO SEE THEM GO TO WASTE. PERHAPS I'LL JUST HAVE TO SCOOP YOU UP OUT OF YOUR HIDING PLACE SOMETIME WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT AND TRY THEM OUT ON YOU.
TIL THEN, SLEEP WELL. I'M SURE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT A NEW MASKED MAN HAS TAKEN YOUR PLACE IS GIVING YOU SWEET DREAMS INDEED.