That's the idea of it. That others, who weren't involved, could have kept either of you from getting hurt, with no reason to favor one or the other.
It didn't need to come to that. It could have been only a talk. Call him dangerous all you'd like, but he was never immediately dangerous the way the Joker is. He could have been reasoned with.
Weren't you aware of that?
[He's acutely aware of how desperately he never wants to lose anyone again, or to be elsewhere in relative safety while they suffer. The thought that he might not be able to follow or bring his friends with him when they leave is agonizing.]
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It didn't need to come to that. It could have been only a talk. Call him dangerous all you'd like, but he was never immediately dangerous the way the Joker is. He could have been reasoned with.
Weren't you aware of that?
[He's acutely aware of how desperately he never wants to lose anyone again, or to be elsewhere in relative safety while they suffer. The thought that he might not be able to follow or bring his friends with him when they leave is agonizing.]