1) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}We should leak this to the press, {SmugA}blow the roof off Falcone’s empire.
2) ALFRED
{ThinkingA}I suppose it comes down to {ThinkingB}who you want to help most.
3) ALFRED
{SkepticalA}Or who you think could do the most good.
4) BRUCE
{ConcernedA}She’ll get the story out the way it needs to be told.
5) BRUCE
{ConcernedA}Gordon needs this more than anyone.
6) BRUCE
{ThinkingB}The cops are on the frontlines of this war.
7) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}Vicki showed faith in me. She cares about the truth.
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We take this to the police.
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We leak this to the press.
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I don’t want to hear it.
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I did what I had to do.
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He’s still alive.
13) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}I’ve heard this before, Alfred.
14) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}Look, I did--
15) ALFRED
{AngryA}Well, my words passed straight through you.
16) ALFRED
{SadA}I see.
17) ALFRED
{ThinkingA}Illegal arms dealing, {SurpriseA}drug running, {SurpriseB}mob hits, money laundering...
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He’s taking down Falcone.
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They’re working together.
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It’s some kind of blackmail.
21) ALFRED
{ConfusedA}To win the election?
22) ALFRED
{SurpriseA}That Gotham {ThinkingA}Gazette reporter, Ms. Vale,{HappyA} already offered you her support.
23) ALFRED
{SurpriseA}What about that reporter from the Gazette--
24) BRUCE
{AmusedA}Vicki.
25) ALFRED
{SurpriseA}Then again, {SkepticalA}Gordon is a stalwart professional.
26) ALFRED
[VOP comm_docks]You’re taking this too far, Bruce.
27) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}You assume the persona of a bat, {ConcernedB}but you are not an animal.
28) ALFRED
{AngryA}You nearly killed a man tonight.
29) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}You beat that man half to death.
30) ALFRED
{ConcernedB}Your parents didn’t raise you that way.
31) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}And neither did I.
32) ALFRED
{SkepticalA}There used to be a difference between Batman and the criminals he locked up in Arkham.
33) ALFRED
{ConcernedB}[pointed]That difference is shrinking.
34) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}What you had to.
35) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}We both know how this argument goes.
36) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}And in the hospital.
37) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}He’s still alive, isn’t he?
38) ALFRED
{ThinkingA}You’re a good man, Bruce -- {ConcernedB}good just like your parents.
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It’s not that easy.
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Trust me, I won’t.
41) ALFRED
{SadA}Don’t lose that.
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I can’t live up to them.
43) ALFRED
[ALT]{ConcernedA}There is room for Bruce {ThinkingA}and Batman{ConcernedB} inside that suit.
44) ALFRED
{SkepticalA}But at what cost?
45) ALFRED
{ConcernedB}[sigh]
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[Accept the tickets]
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[Tear them up]
123) BRUCE
[relieved sigh, small]
48) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}You bury the person, Bruce,{ThinkingA} but you never bury the memory.
49) BRUCE
{SurpriseA}Hill could have been building a case {ThinkingA}against Falcone.
50) ALFRED
{ThinkingA}I’ll run a search... {SkepticalA}but so far I don’t.
51) ALFRED
{HappyA}Yes, Ms. Vale. {HappyB}She could release this evidence through proper channels.
52) ALFRED
{HappyB}A wise decision, sir.
53) ALFRED
{HappyA}We’ll attack Falcone on two fronts tonight.
54) BRUCE
{AmusedA}I won’t forget.
55) ALFRED
{HappyA}Neither will I.
56) BRUCE
{SkepticalA}I have to move on.
57) BRUCE
{ThinkingB}Trust me, I won’t lose my way.
58) BRUCE
{SadB}I could never match that.
59) ALFRED
{ThinkingA}You won’t.
60) ALFRED
{HappyA}You will far surpass them.
61) BRUCE
{ConcernedA}Who my parents were... {SadA}the life they led...
62) BRUCE
{SurpriseA}Gotham revered them.
63) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}I suppose you did whatever you thought was necessary.
64) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}It would bolster his campaign{AmusedA} if he eliminated Gotham’s most notorious crime family.
65) BRUCE
{ThinkingA}This is a police matter.
66) ALFRED
{AmusedA}Gordon through the police.
67) ALFRED
{AmusedA}Vicki through the media.
68) ALFRED
{ConcernedA}And Batman...
69) BRUCE
{ConcernedA}By any means necessary.
70) BRUCE
{ConcernedA}Whatever Falcone is planning... {AngryA}it ends tonight.
71) ALFRED
Next time it might be the morgue.
72) ALFRED
[alt] Your parents didn’t raise you this way.
73) ALFRED
[firm] Especially now, during this preposterous attack on your family, you must show the world the true nature of a Wayne.
74) BRUCE
[a bit on edge]Giving everything to this city and then being murdered for it?
75) ALFRED
[showing concern]My thoughts exactly every time you leave this cave.
76) ALFRED
That is your gift and your curse.
77) BRUCE
Sometimes I wish I could.
78) ALFRED
Being Batman can allow you to turn back the tide of treachery that’s reached this city’s shores... or drown you in its sorrow.
79) ALFRED
When you doubt your fate, remember why you started all this.
80) ALFRED
Remember that boy in the alley.
81) BRUCE
I can’t let their memory hold me back anymore.
82) BRUCE
Sometimes... this job requires hard decisions.
83) ALFRED
You’re the right man to make them.
84) ALFRED
In fact, I think you’re the only one who can.
85) ALFRED
It’s quite understandable to stray from the path now and again.
86) ALFRED
So long as you can find your way back.
87) ALFRED
[changing gears]Well... back into the fray again.
88) ALFRED
[disheartened]Well... work to the rescue, it seems.
89) ALFRED
[darkly]Shall we?
90) BRUCE
Looks like that egg finally cracked.
91) BRUCE
More than I could’ve imagined...
92) BRUCE
This is a complete manifest of Carmine Falcone’s criminal organization.
93) ALFRED
[disbelief]What in the world was Hill doing with all this?
94) ALFRED
That would explain why he’s never made a move against him.
95) ALFRED
It’s too complex, too entrenched.
96) ALFRED
Falcone’s been involved in everything.
97) ALFRED
And it goes back years!
98) ALFRED
Or perhaps Ms. Vale--the press can be rather effective in such situations.
99) ALFRED
You can’t do this alone, Bruce, there are too many moving pieces... even for Batman.
100) ALFRED
Where would we possibly begin to dismantle it?
101) ALFRED
Breaking it down piece by piece... that could take years!
102) ALFRED
And there’s only one cop we can trust to handle this evidence correctly.
103) BRUCE
Lieutenant Gordon.
104) ALFRED
Such a fine thing shouldn’t go to waste.
105) ALFRED
It is a rare gift.
106) BRUCE
[cocky, almost in Batman voice]I haven’t tried yet.
107) ALFRED
He’s a spider, Bruce. Eyes everywhere, a dense web of goons poised to trap you.
108) ALFRED
All the while draining your resources.
109) ALFRED
Spreading you thin.
110) ALFRED
No one has *ever* managed to bring him down.
111) ALFRED
[alt][angrier]My thoughts exactly every time you leave this cave.
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Bat Computer
115) BRUCE
This is it, Alfred.
116) BRUCE
Every illegal operation, every mafia connection... this is what I need.
117) BRUCE
That night... that alleyway... it made me who I am... I can’t get it out of my head.
118) BRUCE
[ALT]And inside Mayor Hill was hiding...
119) BRUCE
This is an insurance policy.
120) BRUCE
Sure as hell better than any bodyguard.
121) BRUCE
Do you see dad’s name on any of these documents?
122) BRUCE
Hill could expose Falcone if he didn’t play along.
124) BRUCE
With this proof, we can finally knock out Falcone’s organization.
125) BRUCE
She might just be the catalyst we need.
126) BRUCE
He could mobilize the entire police force against Falcone.
127) BRUCE
He could mobilize the entire police force against Falcone.
128) BRUCE
[ALT]The cops are on the frontlines against Falcone.
129) BRUCE
Well, Lieutenant Gordon knows how to deal with criminals.
130) BRUCE
Whatever Falcone is planning to do with those chemicals... it ends now.
131) BRUCE
[ALT]Whatever Falcone is planning... it ends now.
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I deal with this alone.
140) ALFRED
[sigh]I don’t mean to be a doddering old fool on the subject.
141) ALFRED
[emphasis on your][ALT]That is your gift and your curse.
142) ALFRED
[ALT]There are so few left in this city who st
143) ALFRED
But, as a friend, the burden of advise falls on me.
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