So here we're showing what happened with Edward Nygma when he finally confronted his old flame and what happened with them when everything fell to pieces. There was originally gone be a lot more things they were going to discuss but I realized I better keep it relatively short to highlight the danger and also just to keep the story moving you know.

Edward Nygma meanwhile had been navigating the Royal Slaves' hidden pathways through the castle, most of the Palace's Humanimals had already evacuated thinking salvation was at hand...None of them had any idea one of their own was about to put them all at risk!

Nygma was taking the secret pathway to the Throne Room, he emerged to find it completely barren and dark, the two thrones were hidden behind a curtain that surrounded them.

Nygma knew Gloria and Sean were there, he could hear their breathing…

Nygma himself took a deep breath and got his cane at the ready, he knew everyone in the Royal Family was well trained in fencing, he hoped his cane would serve to rise to the occasion against an actual sword…

He approached and pulled back the curtain…

Nygma tried to make himself seem brave and in control, trying to hide the fact he felt like an old man playing the hero too late...He knew Lord Sean had clubfoot and had always been scrawnier than Nygma but still felt horribly out of his element about to engage in full on physical combat instead of being able to hide behind his puzzles and riddles as he did during the Riddler…

"Riddle me this, Riddle me that…" Nygma purred like a feline about to spring at his prey "...When does the old flame become a raging inferno?"

And to his shock, he saw Lord Sean, and Lord Gloria slumped over their thrones their faces looking very pale...They did not seem angry at all...They already looked...Defeated…

"Why are you here Edward?" Lady Gloria asked sounding downright bored

Despite being briefly caught off guard Nygma quickly cleared his throat and tried to return to 'hero mode'

"Ideally to overthrow you…" Nygma said making sure his cane was at the ready "...And to personally get a little payback for certain things like you never telling me I had a son!"

"Nygma…" Gloria sighed "...Even before I realized I had to leave for my safety...It was beginning to dawn on me that you would never be happy as a king...Even before you became the Riddler you told me about your need to demonstrate your intelligence, you were not designed for Wrangling and beating into submission unruly Humanimals? The only exercise of your intelligence being the paperwork? Edward you would have been miserable as a King! I remember how excited you were creating the designs for your video game...Artists don't make good politicians…"

And Nygma was completely disarmed by this, he lowered his cane and rubbed the back of his head.

"All right...Fair enough on that point…" He said "...You never told me because you couldn't tell me you were a Princess...But still...I wish I could have known my son when he was still a child…"

"You sure?" Gloria asked "I wouldn't have thought the Riddler was very interested in children…"

"Actually…" Nygma chuckled "...Sixteen years ago, I married someone else and had a daughter!"

And Gloria perked up immediately and started asking him questions about that, and Lord Sean's jaw dropped in amazement as his wife and an infamous Rogue of Gotham City started laughing and talking like two old friends! Even if they would never have that spark they had before they realized they could at least be friendly with each other!

"Edward!" Gloria laughed "I can't believe how much you've changed! The Edward I knew would never be so humble and willing to self-deprecate! What changed?"

"Oh…" Edward got that sly Riddler smile "...Let's just say...A Little Birdie told me…"

"I know that sly sparkle in your eyes…" Gloria once again became dour it was like a flower instantly wilting "You mean a literal bird, you mean a Humanimal…"

And Edward remembered what he had learned about Gloria's childhood and any previous anger turned into sorrow and sympathy.

"Gloria…" He said taking her hands into his "...In learning to speak candidly, I mean it in all seriousness when I ask you, why do you feel the need to keep the Humanimals slaves? I know your mother was killed in a slave rebellion and that's the point I'm getting to! When you were living as an ordinary housewife with me, you were so happy I would have never guessed you were a Princess! This system is clearly making you miserable because you know you're sitting on a ticking time bomb that you never know when it's going to go off and you don't know why!"

Gloria's face faulted as deep down she knew the reason for that particular slave revolt very likely had something to do with the wicked magics of her father…

"Edward…" Gloria said "...I am ready to end the system...I miss my son! I want to see him again! But Edward, we're no longer in control! My niece, Bimbolurlina...She's the one who's truly in control…"

And that's when the emergency sirens went off...And Bimbolurlina was in the doorway.

"Caught you Aunt Gloria!" The Duchess sneered "...I always knew you were halfhearted! This was all I needed! Now this Planet will be mine and I will finally be a Queen!"

DUN DUN DUN! Once again I put this off for months and months because I was worried about how it would go, and when I finally write it, the conversation kind of just writes itself as the characters bounce off each other