As expected, the team sent to arrest the church leader arrived to find the place long deserted. Li Jie had no time to worry about that now. Everyone gathered in the Forensics Division and watched Nygma spread a map of Gotham City across the table.
"According to Dr. Quizzle..." He circled several locations on the map. "In psychology, water often represents the unconscious and finality. Facing a boundless sea symbolizes an endpoint and exile."
"These are abandoned piers, or ones about to be decommissioned. These locations are coastal cliffs. Here, and here..."
Nygma frowned. "The Old Steam Bridge, Spang Bridge, Rand Bridge, and the West Bridge connecting to Triangle Cape are either not imposing enough or too busy."
"What about here?"
Li Jie pointed at the map. "The Three-Gate Bridge beside Narrow Island. It leads straight to Somerset."
"It's worth checking. She might go somewhere like Narrow Island, after all... a place of exile." Nygma nodded. "But the Three-Gate Bridge still has a little too much traffic. The Robert Kane Memorial Bridge in Gotham's northeastern corner is practically deserted, but it's too remote. She might not even know it exists."
"We first found her at St. Anthony's Church," Wilson cut in. "That's in the East End... here..."
"We need to split up." Li Jie silently weighed their options. "But finding one person is damn hard. I'm afraid we'll pass right by her without noticing. Then this really will turn into some lousy melodrama."
"Actually... I made something earlier, though it's not quite working yet."
Nygma and Otis walked over to a corner and pulled off a tarp. Beneath it was a handcart carrying a device that looked cobbled together from a computer case, a satellite dish, an old radio, a Geiger Counter, and assorted other parts.
"This is... one small