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Roy learned long ago not to put faith in fate, destiny, or any grand cosmic plan; such notions are easily hijacked by charismatic lunatics with rage in their hearts and blood on their hands. He should know. Debts, on the other hand, are concrete. Solid. This might explain why his first few months in Gotham vanish in a haze of miserable, bacchanalian excess. Things like him need a leash—or a heavy boulder to roll uphill—lest the demons in their hearts escape and devour the world. With no real purpose on the horizon, drinking and drugging his days away seemed like the safest option for everybody. Then Bruce Wayne saved him—and had the nerve to be interesting about it—and Roy has to consider that there might be more for him here than a short drop and a sudden stop.

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