Leaning her back against the wall that Joker had been at before he took a turn about the house, Lisa watched him. It was an unbelievable site - the Joker, dolled up in his makeup and his dirty purple suit seemed so out of place in her tidied, sterile home. And, yet, somehow, it wasn't entirely unsettling. For some reason, Lisa couldn't shake the feeling that he really hadn't come to hurt her - that he was just a cat declawed.
"I'll google it," she told herself she wouldn't really, but curiosity often got the better of her in these situations. "And, thanks for the advice." Now that definitely sounded strange. "Why are you being nice?" Straight to the point, then. "You're not... you're not exactly a nice guy. A nice guy wouldn't trick Maggie like you did and drive her half crazy, but you're..." Not scary? Staying safely in the zipcode of normalcy? A relief from the time spent with Jackson over the virus? "Not acting like someone who would do that." So, why did you? "I don't buy for a minute that you're simply misunderstood." Oh god, she really was like him - always asking probing questions, wanting to know. Her stomach churned, and another, more enthusiastic drink of her wine followed.
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Date: 2009-05-03 11:49 pm (UTC)"I'll google it," she told herself she wouldn't really, but curiosity often got the better of her in these situations. "And, thanks for the advice." Now that definitely sounded strange. "Why are you being nice?" Straight to the point, then. "You're not... you're not exactly a nice guy. A nice guy wouldn't trick Maggie like you did and drive her half crazy, but you're..." Not scary? Staying safely in the zipcode of normalcy? A relief from the time spent with Jackson over the virus? "Not acting like someone who would do that." So, why did you? "I don't buy for a minute that you're simply misunderstood." Oh god, she really was like him - always asking probing questions, wanting to know. Her stomach churned, and another, more enthusiastic drink of her wine followed.