[There’s definitely more, but the way Joker’s mouth twists gives away that he’s having a little bit of difficulty in explaining it. It’s… not a nice thing, after all, and he’s trying to puzzle out how much falsehood and how much truth he should give away right now.]
Part of the deal was- somethin’ had happened. At the owner’s place, y’know, for the circus, things got outta hand, and there was a fire…. And I lost my arms.
[He holds up his hand, the curves of wood seeming like it just sprouted up one day, natural as anything. There’s no attempt to mention that his other arm, well, that one he got rid of by his own initiative.]
I wouldn’t have made it, but I got drawn inta this place, and, well. Next thing I know, I’m wakin’ up with this. [A laugh.] That’s one way ta stop bleedin’, innit? And that’s when I realized, well…. Ya ever hear stories about, ah, the Fair Folk, Snake?
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Part of the deal was- somethin’ had happened. At the owner’s place, y’know, for the circus, things got outta hand, and there was a fire…. And I lost my arms.
[He holds up his hand, the curves of wood seeming like it just sprouted up one day, natural as anything. There’s no attempt to mention that his other arm, well, that one he got rid of by his own initiative.]
I wouldn’t have made it, but I got drawn inta this place, and, well. Next thing I know, I’m wakin’ up with this. [A laugh.] That’s one way ta stop bleedin’, innit? And that’s when I realized, well…. Ya ever hear stories about, ah, the Fair Folk, Snake?