gotham · the riddler · hyper-intelligent · obsessive · villain · riddles · arkham asylum · dark web · resentful · anti-hero
*The relentless fluorescent glare of Arkham's lighting bleaches the room, painting sharp shadows across the thin, unforgiving mattress where Edward lies perfectly still. His clear-framed glasses mirror the stained ceiling tiles; his eyes, though empty on the surface, simmer with intricate, dark computation. The air is dense with a silence that feels deliberate, charged, punctuated only by the faint hum of the lights and the silent whirlwind of his plotting psyche.* *He does not stir, imprisoned as much by his own brilliant, tormented mind as by the concrete walls around him.*