"I'm a ghost," Deadman explains. "I used to roll with your crowd, back in the day, helping out where I could. I took over a body here and there to do what I could -- never for long. Just long enough to help."
He turns to points to Kyle as he walks.
"Got all caught up in a lot of the craziness with the Black Lanterns, incidentally. You want to talk about mindscrews -- seeing your own dead body animated and attacking people is surreal. I helped Bats and his people when some of their loved ones got reanimated, and wound up getting revived for a little while myself. Like...for real, instead of as a zombie."
He nods towards Kyle's white ring.
"With one of those."
A shrug.
"Didn't last. I've had a few chances to cross over in the last millenia but I've never really -- well. It's a big step. And Rama Kushna's always sent me out into the world to do some good, y'know? It's not like the world's ever run out of good that needs doing."
He leads them through a great hall, towards what appears to be a massive throne room.
"Seeing the Legion come to be, after the world went without heroes for a thousand years? Hell of a thing, by the way. Until the Legion came together, there'd been the odd hero here and there but there were a lot of dark times, and it was nothing like it used to be. It's done my heart glad seeing new heroes finally pick up where you guys and Supes and Bats and the others left off. I'm glad you're helping them out while you're here. Looked like they took a hit with so many of them going missing."
He waves a hand vaguely.
"Rama Kushna stopped letting people in, though, 'cause she got tricked. New guy showed up, a bit younger than the Young Justice set. He came to study Nanda Parbat's secrets, pretending he was using them for good, but turned around and used it for villainy. The last real hero she ever let through the gates was Bats, and reluctantly, at that."
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He turns to points to Kyle as he walks.
"Got all caught up in a lot of the craziness with the Black Lanterns, incidentally. You want to talk about mindscrews -- seeing your own dead body animated and attacking people is surreal. I helped Bats and his people when some of their loved ones got reanimated, and wound up getting revived for a little while myself. Like...for real, instead of as a zombie."
He nods towards Kyle's white ring.
"With one of those."
A shrug.
"Didn't last. I've had a few chances to cross over in the last millenia but I've never really -- well. It's a big step. And Rama Kushna's always sent me out into the world to do some good, y'know? It's not like the world's ever run out of good that needs doing."
He leads them through a great hall, towards what appears to be a massive throne room.
"Seeing the Legion come to be, after the world went without heroes for a thousand years? Hell of a thing, by the way. Until the Legion came together, there'd been the odd hero here and there but there were a lot of dark times, and it was nothing like it used to be. It's done my heart glad seeing new heroes finally pick up where you guys and Supes and Bats and the others left off. I'm glad you're helping them out while you're here. Looked like they took a hit with so many of them going missing."
He waves a hand vaguely.
"Rama Kushna stopped letting people in, though, 'cause she got tricked. New guy showed up, a bit younger than the Young Justice set. He came to study Nanda Parbat's secrets, pretending he was using them for good, but turned around and used it for villainy. The last real hero she ever let through the gates was Bats, and reluctantly, at that."