When Joker demanded that the little girl keep identifying people, she wanted to point to her sister-in-law this time. But Joker told her that if another shock was administered, she might die. After hesitating for a moment, the little girl could only point at one of her brothers.
The second brother who was singled out began cursing wildly. Besides cursing the little girl, he cursed his father and eldest brother, even cursing his sister-in-law and telling her she might as well go die.
In the next two rounds, the little girl pointed to her eldest brother and father respectively. They, too, cursed furiously. At first, they cursed the little girl, but later they began cursing one another.
From the words they hurled at each other, Schiller could tell that every man in this family was a different kind of freak.
Ever since Hef had been kicked off the team, he had been addicted to gambling. The eldest brother had bullied someone at school and gotten beaten in return, breaking one leg; he still limped a little. The second brother loved petty theft most of all. Not only did he steal things outside, he stole money from home too, and whenever he failed to get money from their mother, he beat her.
The only relatively innocent members of the family were the grandfather and mother. They were also the ones who treated the little girl best.
After shocking everyone else, Joker told the little girl to keep pointing. But no matter what he said, the little girl refused. Even when Joker threatened to kill her, she adamantly refused to point at her mother or grandfather.
If this had been an ordinary murderer, then at this point, he would either have made the little girl watch as he shocked her beloved relatives,