Shane had not expected Injustice Superman to start trying to talk him around once repeated, painful experience had convinced him that he truly was no match for Shane.
With his face covered in bruises and clotted blood, Injustice Superman haltingly but emotionally described how he had once treated Earth, and the cruelty Joker had inflicted on him three years ago.
For the first time, Shane felt almost too embarrassed to keep beating him.
He had already heard the story Injustice Superman was telling through all sorts of video clips in his previous life and in the Illusion Realm.
But hearing those experiences recounted by the man at their center felt entirely different.
Grief, anguish, bewilderment, and hatred scattered across the ground, too broken to ever gather up again.
People always analyzed and speculated that the sorry state of the Injustice world was not Injustice Superman's fault alone.
Rather, countless unreliable opponents and teammates with screws loose had pushed him into this abyss, step by step.
Injustice Batman's open defiance, Injustice Hal's refusal to take responsibility, Injustice Flash's silent indulgence.
Even Injustice Shazam and Injustice Wonder Woman's mindless obedience-countless seemingly insignificant contributions had made the Injustice world ever more twisted.
Yet Injustice Superman himself did not seem to see it that way at all.
All he talked about was himself. About another twenty minutes passed before Injustice Superman gave up resisting altogether.
During the comparatively fierce fighting earlier, Shane had grown irritated with Superman's Heat Vision attacks, because his own magical beams simply could not compete.
Against the genuine article, his knockoff was like a little stream trying to hold back a mighty waterfall. It was utterly humiliating.
So he had closed in to grapple and used both thumbs to gouge out Superman's eyes.
Now, more than half the bones in