This chapter was a while in the coming. Most of the difficulty was determining what would be waiting for them at the pit. I won't say who is to blame for the length of time and arguments over what might and might not be there.

However, I chose to have the place unguarded. Why? As a confusion tactic. Ra's seems the type who would have his people guard a completely worthless pit, while leaving a working pit unguarded. The presence of guards would indicate a place of more value. He actually did this in the storyline I mentioned earlier with the Joker. Batman was drawn to the location of a guarded pit, and found the pit had already been used.

Obviously location is going to dictate the presence of guards as well. I feel that the pit location I'm using is far enough out of the way that guards were unnecessary.
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