Use Your Words

"I, ah, set off three explosions last, ah, week," the man muttered, hands making the motions of explosions, "I hijacked a bus of tourists and I held them hostage - on the ah, Metro-Narrows bridge - for two days."

"Um, sir?" A large man they all called Knuckles for both his large fists and his penchant for hitting things ventured to speak. "Have you - have you tried talking to him, sir?"

[Prompt fill: A villain who commits crimes because they want to impress the hero but they don't know how to flirt like a regular person. "Have you tried just talking to him?" ]

[Note: chars belong to DC, i'm just playing with them. Cover art not by me, i found it on a google search]