Rat-Tail is dead, and it's Selina Kyle's fault. If she hadn't escalated the gang-war between the Rat-Tails and the Penguin by stealing jewels from the Cobblepot family crypt, the battle that followed would not have taken his life. On the other hand, if they hadn't stood up for their turf, the Penguin might have squeezed the Badlands neighbourhood for protection money until it had nothing left. Wiping tears for Rat-Tail from her eyes, she tosses the stolen jewels into the cement being used to fill the sink-hole that took Rat-Tail's life. Still she is hopeful that, somewhere underground, he is alive, and she will find him.