Discharged!

Time flew, and Gotham City enjoyed a stretch of peace.

Bruce Wayne and his new wife, Selene, went away on their honeymoon. In their absence, Lucius handled the work at Wayne Enterprises, and things ran much as they had when Bruce was there.

Commissioner Gordon focused on cracking down on the Cult, breaking several human-trafficking and drug-dealing cases.

Batman still fought crime at night, though his methods had grown more varied.

Roland took the little girl to a psychologist every day, prompting more than a dozen psychologists in Gotham City to seek treatment elsewhere. The girl occasionally attracted Demons, who became Roland's main source of daily Magic.

With Harvey's borderline unhinged legal assistance, Victor Fries was released from prison. He moved near Roland Cathedral and took a job there as a physics teacher.

Then, on a seemingly ordinary day, something changed at Arkham Asylum.

"Harley, you've made great progress. You passed the evaluation. Tomorrow, you can leave and live a normal life," Naren, a psychologist at Arkham Asylum, told Harley Quinn.

"Yay!" Harley Quinn jumped up, then quickly restrained herself when she realized that might be inappropriate. "Thank you, Dr. Naren."

"No need to thank me. You earned this through your own efforts." Dr. Naren smiled and looked at Scarecrow, whom Batman had brought into Arkham Asylum. "If only my other patients were like you."

"I'll show you what fear is! What despair is!" Scarecrow declared, writhing.

"Hello, Professor Crane." Harley Quinn waved at him.

"Hi, Harley." Scarecrow smiled and greeted her before resuming his struggle in Batman's grip.

"Tch." Growing impatient, Batman handed him over to an orderly to take to his room, then turned to Harley Quinn. "I hear you're being discharged?"

"Why? Is that a problem?"

Batman held out a hand, startling Harley Quinn. "I wanted to