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"Jonathon."
His head shot up as his over-bright eyes suddenly focused on Dr. Black. His face was gaunt and paper white. Dark shadows surrounded his eyes.
"I'd like to ask you a few questions if that's alright?"
He seemed to be staring right through her skull.
"You grew up in Gotham, didn't you?"
"Up..." He repeated the word. "Up... There are dragons in the sky."
"What do you mean by that?"
"...with their teeth and their scales and their fire... but they're not real... not really."
She adjusted her pad, vaguely distressed at how this conversation was going. "What was your childhood like?" she questioned.
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! Scarecrow! Scarecrow! Scarecrow!" He shouted the word over and over again till it lost all meaning, pulling against the strap that held him in his chair.
"Calm down now, calm down." Silvia coaxed uselessly.
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! Scarecrow!"
Hurrying around to the far side of the desk she placed a hand on his shoulder to try and still him. "Please calm down, you're hurting yourself." Her words were unnecessary however - the contact had already had the desired effect. Jonathon stared up at her, blank again.
She retrieved a glass of water from her desk. "Here, drink this." She held it up to his lips, allowing him to sip at it for a few moments before returning to her seat.
Giving up on her original line of questioning she asked, "So are you happy to have your brother nearby?"
He nodded. "Jack's here." A pause. "... together is better... not meant to be split in two... pain's not as bad when you hold onto each other tight..."