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[ The video opens up to Azrael, clad in both mask and suit, standing on the edge of a rooftop. While his left hand holds the communicator, the other hand wields the lit Sword of Sin, illuminating the dark night.

He more booms than speaks, projecting a sense of might, of power. ]

The City [ he spits ] is no different than Gotham, than many another

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voice;

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Sounds like fun.

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That's not how I'd immediately describe it. Why?

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Neither would I.

You always did strike me as a weird one.

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I always did? Stranger, do you know me beyond knowing of me?

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Only ever met one guy who wore that kooky getup.

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The Suit of Sorrows is hardly kooky.

More than one Azrael has existed.

[nottheanswers]

So I would've met another guy, gotcha.

I dunno, though. Call a thing the "Suit of Sorrows" and talk like you do, kooky's the best word that comes to mind.

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You do not understand its weight. I understand.

I forgive your ignorance.

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Lucky me. So, what outfit you with? The Baptists? Catholics? Methodists? Orthodox?

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The Order of Purity aligns itself with none of those. It follows knowledge.

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But when you introduce [mimicking azzy's tone:] knowledge to the mix, what's left to keep pure from?

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I don't follow.

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It's a simple question, really. What does your Order keep themselves pure of?

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Corruption. I see you attempting to cast doubt, using the example of the Original Sin.

You seek to distract me, stranger.

[nottheanswers]

And yet, with your own alignment and your own direction, who can really say what that corruption is? You'd think religion would learn to keep this standardized, but they all have their own definitions.

But no, I'm not attempting anything, much less distracting. You see, I'm a fan of the pursuit of knowledge myself.

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In what way are you?