Inquisition: Original Opening
"I've traveled the world...learned a great many things through the sum of my experiences. Shall I share with you the three most fundamental lessons, dear Scarecrow? The three things that are true regardless of where you go or what you do or who you are? Oh, don't bother trying to answer...I know how hard it is to breathe with that on, much less speak. I suppose it's cruel of me to offer you a choice when you have none, even in something so small as this, but I think you'll find in the days to come--and make no mistake, you will be mine for days--cruelty is something you should become accustomed to."

The figure in red crouched in front of Jonathan Crane so that captive might meet the eyes of captor.

"Darkness cannot swallow you if you embrace it. Fear cannot touch you if you face it. But pain...pain is the inescapable, my dear Doctor Crane, inescapable through any means other than death. My mercy is nonexistant, but by all means, appeal to it if it gives you some measure of hope...false though it may be."