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Dundee nodded. "Yup. It's kinda weird . . . either someone's playing a joke on us or you may have a twin." he said. He wasn't too sure of it himself!

"Perfect. Then finish your drink while I reseal this," Hector said, taking his file again as he stood up. He set his glass down on the counter, and approached his desk, setting down his file in front of himself as he opened a drawer.

He pulled out a stick of red wax and a lighter. He pulled the broken seal off of the paper with a practiced ease, and then took up the lighter and lit it, using the flame to melt fresh wax onto the center of where the flap met the body of the folder. After enough was melted to appear to be around the size of a nickel, he let the lighter flame die, set down the wax on a little silver tray that was used exclusively for this purpose, if the layers of wax in the center were any indication. His hands free again, he removed the ring on his right hand, and pressed its face into the still-liquid wax. After a moment, he removed it, and a perfect seal was created.

Rogue made a slight face and gave a long sigh, "Dat's about de extent of it. I tried ta fly out, an got hit with de worst tazers known ta man. Dey made Electro's blasts look tame. Den I woke up in dis contraption."

What Marie didn't know was that 'Carol' ended up fighting Gotham PD after she was out.

Sliding the ring back onto his finger, Dr. Villa replied, "Several reasons. The obvious answer is extra security. All a doctor has to do is request to see a file and I will allow them to. Also, since I have the only ring with this seal still in existence, I know that no one can recreate the seal after breaking it."

As he continued to put everything else away, he continued explaining as well. "Also, there's the built-in organization of it. Only closed files get sealed. All of my open cases are kept under lock and key, like everybody else. Sure, Mr. Dent relapsed, but the real issue with him now is that he doesn't seem capable of WANTING to be cured. He's become far too dependent on that blasted coin. Maybe one day, I'll be able to open that case again, but for now, it will remain sealed."

Then, he walked to Donna and held out his hand to take her glass. "Finally, it's the heritage of the thing. That ring has been in my family for centuries. It's another way of celebrating where I've come from."

Donna smiled a bit and handed him the glass. "Must be nice..." she said. "My family doesn't have anything like that. There might be a plot of land out in the country that's still in our name, but I'll probably never see it."


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Anna looked at the man, then shook her head. "Perhaps you should call for one of the guards to come and get someone to look at him."

Dr. Villa took the glass, and replaced it by the liquor; he'd clean them out before he left, and there was work to do. "You never know how life will work, Donna, but we do know where we need to go first: back to the clown."

"Fun and games," Hector said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a deck of cards, with an unbroken seal on the top of the box, "It's all fun and games for him." Replacing the cards and pulling out a key, he unlocked another drawer in his desk. Opening it, he drew out an unsealed folder with several papers in it, and also pulled out two empty folders, just in case the other two patients yielded some information. "After you, Dr. Gray," Hector said, closing the drawer and motioning to the door.

Hector walked out the door, locking it as he went; closed or not, he had too many case folders sitting out to leave his door open when he wasn't there. "Let's go get some answers, shall we?" With that, he started walking back towards the solitary confinement wing.