And Mona forgets to breathe, up on his shoulder. Akechi is alive. Akechi is alive? What does that even mean? Is Joker even safe, he wonders, mood turning on a dime.

"You mean... you mean you went through Maruki's Palace, and came out of his reality, and Akechi was still alive?" How is that even possible? Maruki had been so sure.