He took pity on her and told her of Ted Grant, a man who could teach her how to fight and defend herself. She was sent to the hospital, where she was visited by Detective George Flannery. After a particularly aggressive beating from Stan, Selina passed out near the Immaculate Virgin Mission, a nunnery where her sister Maggie served as a nun. She watched over an underage girl named Holly Robinson while working for their abusive pimp Stan. Selina began working as a prostitute in the East End to get by. Main articles: Catwoman Origins, Batman: Year One, and Catwoman: Her Sister's Keeper When the owner of the carnival died in a tragic accident, Selina decided to take her chances on the streets of Gotham, surviving as a petty thief. Using her new learned skills, Selina also improved her pickpocketing skills.

Selina agreed and soon she learned the art of contortionism, gymnastics, magic and trickery. She was caught by the man who ran the place and he offered her to join the carnival. Eventually, she escaped the Center and tried pickpocketing the crowd at a carnival outside Gotham City but failed. Selina was separated from her younger sister Maggie when remanded to the Sprang Hall Juvenile Detention Center, an abusive state home for orphaned or delinquent girls. When she was just a girl, her brutalized mother Maria committed suicide and her violent father Brian drank himself to death soon after. Selina Kyle's early life was defined by tragedy. 1.17 Heart of Hush and Battle for the Cowl.

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