Harold

[knightbynight]

Bruce responds to the text messages that make it through to him, but he does it cautiously. They consistently prove useful, helpful and legitimate. He doesn't trust them because the tips themselves - not knowing who they're from, and the fact that they are being sent to him - are a red flag.

He is altogether too smart for that not to feel like someone's trying to lure him in.

Lack of complacency doesn't stop curiosity, though - it does the opposite, really.

So he keeps responding, putting out fires as he finds them, but he also starts digging.

What he finds is an abandoned library owned by... multiple shell companies.

It definitely feels an attempt to lure him in.

He's still curious, though, and he has an address.

He parks under a street light, half sits and half leans against the car of the dark bentley to wait. He looks for all the world like he's made himself bait in his own trap. If he were setting a trap for being mugged. ...He's not. Probably. Much.

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[man_who_sold_the_world]

Funny enough, drawing Bruce out isn't really Harold's plan - although he certainly grasps that's one way this could go. For one thing, he's only semi-confident that the man has the capability to track him down.

A lot of people have tried and failed, over the years.

No, his plan really was to keep giving carefully vetted tips for as long Batman would make use of them.

So he's a little surprised when he spots Bruce Wayne across the street from the library (one of many, actually, scooped up from buildings closed up by the city years ago) he's been working out of for a while.

He doesn't show it. He just keeps walking - a perhaps 50 something man in a nice suit, coat and hat, using a cane and walking with a pronouced limp.

Alright, if they're doing this...

He heads straight into the library.

There's no traps. It's just a library. Ok, a library with a lot of expensive computer equipment in one corner of it. But there really are no traps.