"Oh, I am about out of my mind, believe me. Just... kind of burying myself in work to try and not go insane. As for Ted... I'm upset. As long as I've known him and all... but he's still Ted. As for Sue... I don't have to like it, but I have to say I understand. The work we do is dangerous... she's died, and only came back due to a supervillain, of all things. That's a lot of pressure. So I'm just trying to kind of make my way through it, since I can't really be upset at them... at least while I'm sober."

He pauses, considering. "And yeah, it does sound kind of familiar. I just know Ra's has something really big going... big enough to fake his own death... again, disappear and abandon a hideout and a lot of people without a second thought, including the mystic stuff he had used on his grandson... seems out of character, unless all of that is comparitively small. So I'm trying to find likely henchmen, patsies and distractions... active of late, that points me towards the Scarecrow."