This is something that Ed and Riddler haven't shared with anyone. That every time the new arrivals are brought in, one or both of them goes down there to see who is coming in.
To see if Oswald is there.
He always hopes he won't be. He sort of wishes he was. But he really doesn't want to see him here. But he always comes to check, because if Oswald ends up here, Ed doesn't want his first few days to be what his were. Alone and miserable and lost except for the mercy of strangers.
Ed and Riddler can blend in, under stress. Oswald doesn't. Oswald explodes in violence and that will end particularly badly for him here.
Ed is there today, watching and not really seeing until he catches the walk. He knows that walk, he's trained a little bit of his brain to always note that walk. And he's running before he even thinks about it, shoving through the people. "Oswald! OSWALD!"
It's not a cry of rage or indignation. It's breathless and delighted and a bit subdued in another way, but it's the cry of someone more happy than not.
They Lied in Every Word
To see if Oswald is there.
He always hopes he won't be. He sort of wishes he was. But he really doesn't want to see him here. But he always comes to check, because if Oswald ends up here, Ed doesn't want his first few days to be what his were. Alone and miserable and lost except for the mercy of strangers.
Ed and Riddler can blend in, under stress. Oswald doesn't. Oswald explodes in violence and that will end particularly badly for him here.
Ed is there today, watching and not really seeing until he catches the walk. He knows that walk, he's trained a little bit of his brain to always note that walk. And he's running before he even thinks about it, shoving through the people. "Oswald! OSWALD!"
It's not a cry of rage or indignation. It's breathless and delighted and a bit subdued in another way, but it's the cry of someone more happy than not.