I'd totally forgotten that I had betaed this! I think I assumed you had posted it! *baps self*

It simply never occurred to me that he was lonely. That the bright one was the only one, apart from me, of course, to understand him.

I love this line--I think I pointed it out in beta!--because it's really such a huge concession on Gotham's part, to admit for even a moment that someone else could understand Bruce. That line alone gives me hope it what is a worrisome chapter! I love Gotham's intensity and fear so much, you write her so vividly...