[Hughie is working at the video store late at night and sees a man holding a nanny cam teddy bear]
You interested in a nanny cam? 'Cause we're actually running a special on that. Um, it's a pretty popular bear. There's cameras in the eyes.
Tell me, how many nannies shake their babies?
Uh, I'm sorry?
Y'know, a good hard shake. [shakes the bear] Like… Like tryin' to get ketchup out of a bottle. One percent? Less?
I–I don't really know.
[puts the bear down] Funny, that. They sell a billion dollars worth of that shit worldwide. Goes to show you, doesn't it? The bollocks people will believe if you get 'em scared enough.
Cool. Cool, cool. Um, is there anything I can help you with today, or...?
I'm not gonna piss you about, Hughie. I heard what happened to Robin.
I'm–I'm sorry, who are you?
She wasn't in the street. She was one step off the fuckin' curb, and you didn't take the payoff.
Yeah. I said, who the hell are you? How do you know that?
Name's Butcher. Billy Butcher. [takes out an FBI badge] Listen, I was thinkin' that, uh, you and me should have a little bit of a chat.
[Cut to Hughie and Butcher walking down a street in downtown Manhattan]
You’re a Fed? You don’t sound like a Fed.
What, I can’t immigrate? There’s a giant green slapper with her arse in the harbour that says different.
You don’t really look like one either.
No? What do I look like?
Like you’re starring in a porn version of The Matrix.
Well, it’s all right there in black and white.
Okay, uh, what exactly can I do for you?
No, you got it all wrong, Hughie. It's what I can do for you. You see, you ain't alone, son. Happens a lot more than you think. Supes lose hundreds of people each year to collateral damage.
No. C'mon, that would be all over the news. People would be screaming bloody murder.
Yeah, look, there might be the odd mention of it every now and again, like with Robin, but there's a shit sight more that happens that just gets swept right under the rug.
...Why?
Ain't it obvious? Movie tickets, merchandising, theme parks, video games. A multi-billion dollar global industry supported by corporate lobbyists and politicians on both sides. But the main reason that you won't hear about it... is because the public don't wanna know about it. See, people love that cozy feeling that Supes give 'em. Some golden cunt to swoop outta the sky and save the day, so you don't gotta do it yourself. But if you knew half the shit they get up to... Ooh. Fuckin' diabolical. But that... is where I come in.
Come in to... to do what?
Spank the bastards when they get outta line.
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