Back into the Dance Studio, the real Jack felt a shudder and another wave of fevering heat go through him as Raven left his mind.

Once she was back in her body, he slowly fluttered his eyes open, and as he really came into focus and everything sunk in, he realized his arm was around her, and to her back, holding it supportingly, all this time, as they had stayed close and in his mind had gone through hell.

Now that everything was resolved, and they had gone through so much in his head to resolve it, it felt like… a journey had been made together, instead of just sitting there on the floor for.. Wow, who knew how long? Jack couldn't.. even figure that out.

He was a bit overwhelmed, and a bit disoriented, but never the less, he felt… happy. Very, very happy.

The girl stirred, her head reeling. Raven sighed and shook her head, managing to look up at her friend.

Right. She would definitely call him friend after all that had just happened. Raven felt like she could really trust him. After all, he'd trusted her enough to let her into his mind. Feeling her senses return to her, Raven sat up straight and grinned.

"Some trip, huh?" She stretched her arms out, a slight yawn escaping her. "Any idea how long that took?"

Jack stretched as well, cracking his back and neck, grimacing a bit. "Yeah, I feel like I've been sitting there for hours.."

He looked around where he sat but saw no clock anywhere in the nearly empty building. Figures. So he thought, you know, he'd just stand up and go to the window to see…

And as soon as he tried to get up, he flopped over, kissing the floor with his face.

"Ow." He mumbled into the floor. "My legs don't wanna work."

"Pfft!" A hand flew to cover her mouth, stifling laughter. "Always the graceful one, I see," she replied, pushing herself up.

Lo and behold, her own legs didn't wand to cooperate all too well either, so she stumbled a bit as she walked forward. "Need a hand?" Raven held a hand down to him and smiled.

Jack sighed and took her head, letting the empath help him up. He groaned, "Thanks… I think I need a new pair of legs, is what I need." He joked, but managed to stay up this time, as he wandered over to the wide window at the front of the building and near the front door.

He looked out, tilting his head to see the sky above the buildings outside, and made a little "Hmm" sound. "Looks like it's.. almost dawn to me.." He looked over at Raven, eyebrows up. "We've been here all night!"

All night? Wow… She hadn't realized it would take that long. Normally her own sessions lasted an hour tops. Then again, she did cover quite a bit of ground in there. "Man.. I hope nobody's looking for me." She moved to stand at his side and look outside as well.

The girl crossed her arms over her chest and sighed. "So…" she mused as she looked over at him. "What now?"

Jack sighed too, "Well.." He shrugged a little, "nothing else to do but "close shop" as it were." He seemed thoughtful and a bit quieter, thinking to himself about.. going back to that hideout.. going back to the hideout which felt also just as bit as cold and empty.. as this place felt right now.

"I have a lot to think about now, don't I?" He mumbled, as he turned quietly, putting hands in his pockets, and walked slowly for the back exit they had came through last night. He also saw Raven's cloak still hanging on one of those barres by the old mirrors.

He came over to the mirrors himself and looked at his surprisingly exhausted looking face. His hair a bit more wild, likely from that thing being out, and dark bags under his eyes…

But he didn't feel that exhausted. More like.. he felt.. relief and relaxation coursing through him.

And he had a pretty good idea.. what he wanted to do. Soon, perhaps tomorrow after some good rest. Yes.

He looked at Raven getting her cloak back on, and after she did, he came up.. and he hugged her.

"Thank you, so much, Raven…"

When the man hugged her, she closed her eyes and raised her arms so that she might return the gesture. The image seemed so reversed from what she'd just experienced. Well, height wise, anyway. It made her laugh a bit on the inside.

"No thanks needed, Jack."

Raven felt physically drained. It took a lot for her to maintain her soul self for an extended period of time. She tried to hide the shaking of her legs, as she would easily be able to port back to the tower regardless of that.

"If you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm here." she said as she gave him one final squeeze.

As the two parted ways, Raven turned back to look at the man as he was getting into his van. She smiled and nodded before teleporting herself out of there and back into the calm quiet of her room.

Tired, so very tired, the girl slumped onto her bed and passed out almost as soon as her head hit the pillow. The last image that would pass through her mind would be that image of little jack, smiling up at her with so much gratitude and adoration. She'd have to try and remember that face the next time she saw Joker.

All in all it was a success, though. A very productive day indeed.