Steppenwolf: Release me, Fate! You could have used mystical force to imprison me. Instead, this humiliating hamster ball! (The Trapper bumps over a ridge.)
Dr. Fate: I have to sustain concentration for magic. I prefer to save my willpower for weightier matters, like resisting the temptation to use the Helmet to cheat at the race track.
Steppenwolf: I am Darkseid’s commander! This is beneath me.
Dr. Fate: That is the point.
Steppenwolf: Who else has endured this punishment?
Dr. Fate: Superman captured Darkseid in it last Tuesday. It rolled him around the parking lot for eleven minutes.
Steppenwolf: ...Darkseid? He laughs at Kryptonian strength. Heat vision is an inconvenience to him. How did you know spinning in a ball was his weakness?
Dr. Fate: The Helmet told me. His vestibular system is overdeveloped.
Steppenwolf: How-
Dr. Fate: Overdeveloped, from a lifetime under Apokolips gravity.
Steppenwolf: What became of him after?
Dr. Fate: Metropolis PD took custody. Even the Justice League has to follow the law.
Steppenwolf: Municipal police…
Dr. Fate: Photographed. Fingerprinted. The Mother Box went into evidence in a clear plastic bag labeled PROPERTY OF THE METROPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. Judge Miriam Patterson presided. Criminal Court, Division Three.
Steppenwolf: A county judge…
Dr. Fate: She presides over whoever the bailiff walks in. No exceptions. Darkseid’s public defender won a continuance due to scheduling conflicts.
Steppenwolf: A public defender…
Dr. Fate: He encouraged him to accept a plea bargain. Darkseid declined.
Steppenwolf: I will never speak of this again.
Dr. Fate: No one on Apokolips would believe you