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Curiosity

It killed the cat. The Joker knew this all too well. Curiosity never did anyone who wondered just who the Joker was any good -

Look what it did to Harleen Quinzel.

Granted, she came out better than most. Alive, useful and beautiful - A Queen in her own right.

When Frost told him about how the boy had barely flinched at the beating he and Buddy gave him, at first he wondered if they had gone soft. Then, they presented the photo and video evidence that they had, in fact, given the kid a hard-enough time that mob bosses would be at least unable to stand - let alone touch their injuries.

The Joker felt the familiar itch of wonderment when he saw that this kid did just that. That was not even factoring in statement of being in hell or the haunted look in those pretty eyes Harley loved so that Frost looked uneasy just talking about. Johnny was a tough guy - (he worked with the most feared being in Gotham) Joker would pay good money to see what's got him almost shitting in his pants.

But he didn't have to. The cause was in the photos - the defiant, old green eyes managing to entice him even through photograph.

No fear. None. Not so much as a hint of it.

It was so - refreshing.

Now, one thing must be clear - the Joker loved making people's hearts stutter with fear before it stopped. He loved being the monster under the bed - the reacquiring night-terrors that had people screaming safe in their beds. He loved all of it -

What he didn't love, were the same-old boring reactions.

"Please don't kill me!" "Please don't hurt me!" Cry, cry, cry - Scream, scream, scream blah,blah, blah...

Honestly - it made him actually enjoy having those few idiots try to oppose him - even though their efforts were just as typical at least they were rare.

But this kid was different -

For one: If he did pull off the whole bank mess, means he was the only one of the 'saving-people' type other than Basty to have actually - well, saved people.

Also: He was ...strange. The Joker couldn't put his finger on it, couldn't quite say when he came to the conclusion - but there was something else about that kid that Harley probably saw in him from the beginning.

But he did get to have some fun with him already and the kid, strange as he was, was not worth the Joker's personal time. The bank thing was probably a fluke or a streak of luck at most - and if there is any evidence to prove otherwise, Harley will tell him about it. Over-all, the kid was just going to end up like the rest of their toys in the end - so what if he had an usually high pain tolerance? Harley had broken bigger men - scarier men than the pretty emerald eyed boy. It was just a matter of time, really.

So while the boy was curious - The Joker was not going to play the cat.

At least, not yet.

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