Stalker quotes from Batman Beyond

Stalker

You're a devil! Stay back!

Matt McGinnis

What're you gonna do, mister? Cut out my heart? Eat my liver?

Stalker

Don't be dramatic. You are merely bait. [removes his cloak, revealing a large scar running down his spine]

Matt McGinnis

Freaky. What happened to your back?

Stalker

A hunting accident. The panther was wounded. And I was careless.

Matt McGinnis

Ouch.

Stalker

My back was broken in five places. They had to replace my spine. [flashback of him in the operating room] The operation was excruciating. [He screams in pain as they operate on his spine, then you see him hanging from the ceiling] But it artificially enhanced my strength and reflexes. After I recovered, I went back... and with my bare hands, got my revenge. [flashback: he kills the panther that mauled him in direct combat] It was easy. Too easy. I had become so powerful, no prey could challenge me. To one who lives for the thrill of the hunt, this was a tragedy. My life was over, until I heard that the legendary Batman had returned.

Matt McGinnis

Batman?

Stalker

I'd always imagined this Batman to be an ageless soul, inhabiting the greatest warrior of each generation. If this bat-spirit really existed, it would present the ultimate challenge.

You want a fight, dreg? Let's go! [slams into Stalker]

Matt McGinnis

Cool!

After you.

Stalker

You don't trust me?

You were out to kill me, remember?

Stalker

There are worse things than an honorable death.

Betcha it's a short list.

You risk your neck to save me.

Stalker

It was not your time. When you die, it will be by my hand, and my hand alone.

Thanks. I...guess.