[ Where his knack for knowing how to speak to malcontents comes from is in all likelihood a dark, dark place. ]

That is a very singular thing, friend. For a man to make himself. Even I can't claim that! But do you know, when I watch you, I think I can see — yes, I believe I spy with my little Eye —

[ His voice takes on an almost crooning inflection, a merry, avid light in his stare. ]

— a place where the black and white mingle.

[ He makes a gesture by his temple, a hooking motion with the curled finger stabbing in Rorschach's direction, and mouths: behind. ]