"I hid by pretending I could become someone else. That a change of name and a sense of purpose were all I needed to keep from ever being hurt like that again," Bart explained to him, wondering just how much his friend who sees everything had missed.

"He'd attack, yeah, but out here? Without cameras and cannon fodder to hand? Yeah, he thinks it's funny when he ruins us, but he doesn't exactly do subtle."

Bart has concerns, but he is pretty certain he doesn't have to worry about an armed mob showing up in clown masks or a surprise shipment of Jokerfish.

"The only reason I didn't try to go over every inch of that ship before it got destroyed was a feeling that I'm not skilled enough to spot the inevitable trip-wires that would have set it off before schedule. And sending a scout to do it would have been even worse. But none of this is on you. Not on you alone."