Considering that Bart was a good guy, it wasn't too surprising that he didn't jump to take Scourge at his word. But then there was Piper's explanation, and...well...if you couldn't trust the Pied Piper to be decent to his fellow man, who could you trust?

Poor Bart. If only he knew.

"Have you been hanging out with the Trickster or something?" Bart finally asked, with a grin and a shake of his head. "That sounds like the kind of thing he'd come up with." Especially the part about harassing the staff. Bart could just imagine him trying to pull the toaster repairman trick on one of the nurses, and who knew? He might just have been able to pull it off. Assuming he found different clothes somewhere.

"So what are you supposed to be, then?" he asked, turning back to Scourge. "Their henchman or something?" This said while he was still sitting on the floor, practically in Piper's lap, mind. Somebody apparently didn't mind too much if they pissed off the crazy guy with the knife, though to be fair Bart's tone didn't really sound malicious.