Riddler recoils, then slides down to one knee in front of Oswald. "I would never- I will visit pain a thousand fold of whatever they did to you-
"Not, now, Riddler."
He glances to the side and then up, gaze softer. Still sharp, but softer. "I'm sorry, we didn't mean to- Neither of us would hurt you these days, not intentionally." He slides up onto the couch again. "I'm sorry, he just got excited and I panicked a bit and-"
And when Ed freaked out, Riddler threw himself to the foreground.
"I have never been loved in my life, Or if I was, no one ever told me that before you. No, I'm okay, really, I can do this. If you let me." He pauses. "Thank you. So, I don't know what love is, just what I saw and read in pop culture."
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"Not, now, Riddler."
He glances to the side and then up, gaze softer. Still sharp, but softer. "I'm sorry, we didn't mean to- Neither of us would hurt you these days, not intentionally." He slides up onto the couch again. "I'm sorry, he just got excited and I panicked a bit and-"
And when Ed freaked out, Riddler threw himself to the foreground.
"I have never been loved in my life, Or if I was, no one ever told me that before you. No, I'm okay, really, I can do this. If you let me." He pauses. "Thank you. So, I don't know what love is, just what I saw and read in pop culture."