A novela sugere que o Batman realmente não sabia que a máscara Foi um ponto significativo de fraqueza até a sua viagem ao poço. Ele já tinha dado um soco duas vezes, mas nada aconteceu.
Ao sair, seus pensamentos se voltam para as táticas. Ele observa que sua primeira salva será contra a máscara, tanto porque é uma fraqueza, mas também como um retorno pelo dano que Bane fez à sua própria máscara.The prisoner sighed, perhaps realizing that Bruce would only keep asking. Or maybe he simply hoped to distract Bruce with a story. In any event, the European spoke softly, his voice hushed and doleful.
“Many years ago, during a time of plague, Bane was attacked by the other prisoners. The doctor’s fumbling attempts to repair the damage left him in perpetual agony. The mask delivers a gas that holds his pain at bay.”
Good to know, Bruce thought. “Is Bane the child you spoke of? Was he born here?”
“I’m not afraid,” Bruce countered. “I’m angry.” He punched the air, imagining Bane’s ugly face before him. He visualized that grotesque black mask cracking beneath his knuckles, the same way Bane had cracked Batman’s cowl. He couldn’t wait to get even.
Soon, he promised himself.