Well . . . it seems like these lessons . . . these lessons of blood that this series is teaching . . are specifically aimed at Renee. The lesson this issue is . . Greed. Flay, the leader of the Religion of Crime, has brought the Black Book, the Bastard's Folio, " . . the second rarest known edition of the black book in existence.", to Gotham. He wants Penguin to sell it for him. Renee has also come to Gotham because she's been following Flay. She finds out about the sale and goes to Kate, Batwoman, to ask her for help. Of course she agrees, as they were once lovers. They go to the sale and, long story short, they end up with the book. But it's not going to be as easy as that for Renee. Kate wants to destroy the book. She can see, and sense, it's evil influence. But Renee . . . Renee is obsessed with it. She's read, cover to cover, every edition that she's come across. She claims she wants to know her enemy. It really has become an obsession. And now Kate is concerned for her, because she can see what it's doing to Renee. Something Renee doesn't seem to want to acknowledge. But, if you remember the first Question, he was a bit of a conspiracy nut himself. I'm starting to think that the obsession comes with the role. It's basically the essence of the Question. So, maybe, in order to truly become the Question, that's the frame of mind she has to be in. Anyways, after a fight, and a falling out, Renee does indeed end up with the edition. But as she's leaving town, she opens it to find it blank. Well . . . except for 2 pages. One reads, "The word is not for you.", and the other reads, "Yet!". It seems like Renee is burning an awful lot of bridges for this knowledge. Is she going to find if it's all worth it? And is she going to like the person she'll become after? Lots and lots of . . . . Questions!
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