Eridan stepped back then (only a touch reluctantly, to his credit), looking Eddie over. Something - something Eridan couldn't put his finger on, exactly - was different about the Riddler.
Belatedly, he took a step back, put a hand on the shutter.
"You want to come inside? It ain't safe out here." A beat. "You can tell me what happened."
Because you didn't get caught for a year and stay alive without something happening to you. Without there being something valuable about you to make you worth keeping around. Eridan didn't have much more than his imagination to go off of, but that was more than enough.
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Eridan stepped back then (only a touch reluctantly, to his credit), looking Eddie over. Something - something Eridan couldn't put his finger on, exactly - was different about the Riddler.
Belatedly, he took a step back, put a hand on the shutter.
"You want to come inside? It ain't safe out here." A beat. "You can tell me what happened."
Because you didn't get caught for a year and stay alive without something happening to you. Without there being something valuable about you to make you worth keeping around. Eridan didn't have much more than his imagination to go off of, but that was more than enough.