Mayor of Gotham City

"I thought your mother died that night—son, I'm sorry—"

"Why? Why did you wait until I found you to say you were sorry?" Bane punched King Snake into the wall, hitting him so hard he coughed up blood.

"Calm down. Venom's affecting you. Don't do something you'll regret," Batman urged, pulling the tube from Bane's head.

"Let go of me! I'm going to kill him!"

King Snake slowly got to his feet. "My son... Can you give me a chance to make up for the greatest mistake of my life?"

As the Venom wore off, Bane gradually came to his senses. The look he gave King Snake grew complicated.

"Son, I—"

"Tell me everything you've been through all these years," Bane said.

Batman and Roland stepped aside, giving Bane and his father some privacy.

"Do you think he'll kill King Snake?" Batman asked Roland quietly.

"Would you blame him? How many years did Bane spend in prison because of that old bastard? If he'd died back then, that would be one thing. But while Bane was rotting in prison, he was living it up as a rich man in Hong Kong. While Bane slept in a cell, he slept in a mansion. While Bane was nearly preyed on by a pedophile in prison, he was sleeping with beautiful lovers. While Bane ate rats, he was eating like a king..." Roland shook his head. "Who could stomach that?"

"Yeah..."

"He hasn't made his move yet. If you want to stop him, there's still time."

"I... don't know if I should." Batman looked at Bane and seemed to see a little boy from over a decade ago, clutching a teddy bear in prison.

"Then don't," Roland said. "King Snake deserves to die for what he's done. I wouldn't mourn him if Bane