[ And what if he was a kid when all this was going down, huh? So? Alfred could have saved him and the boy. Gosh, Dick, your logic, so fallacy.
In actuality, Damian may be too confident in how well locked down his information is. Bruce, of course, kept meticulous records on everything to do with Damian. His file is, perhaps, one of the most extensive and detailed out of all the entries in the Batcomputer's database, although most of the information is locked away with one of Bruce's passcodes.
He'd kept notes, theories, approaches. Damian had read them all; entries concerning his mental health, his social behaviors (or lack-thereof), commentary on something he'd said or done and through it all the worried tone of a parent who'd been watching his psychologically scarred son walk a thin line for years. Scans of his sketchbooks. Copies of essays he'd written, his own case notes. Bruce had even gotten a hold of records of his League training, those ages three through ten, what he'd been put through and tasked to do - the dozens of teachers he'd had, found at the bottom of the ocean once he'd outstripped their knowledge and they were no longer useful. Clinical medical photos of the damages he'd suffered and the steps taken to restore his body to perfect condition, interspersed with the rare few pictures of him looking judgmentally at the camera, or sometimes caught unawares in more natural posing.
And, of course, the course of action Bruce would have taken if he'd gone rogue. A hit list, revised and updated as his threat level changed, grew exponentially.
Damian hasn't been able to look at it again. ]
The League is extremely political. The boy's mother had her own people who were loyal to her, and her own resources, and the boy was still the League prince. Batman was one man, and she had an army.
[ His tone is wry - it was dangerous and stupid to take up being Batman's partner. ]
My impression of her? She was a very intimidating woman. Intelligent, cunning, and a leader. By all rights, the inheritance should have gone to her, but Ra's' views are a little dated. And she loved her son, more than almost anything. Good luck to anyone that got between her and him.
[ Sixteen years later Damian is an adult, and she still hasn't given up on him, disowned or not. Although at this point, if he were to be captured, she'd have him broken and then reconditioned -- she knows he would never stay with her willingly. ]
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And what if he was a kid when all this was going down, huh? So? Alfred could have saved him and the boy. Gosh, Dick, your logic, so fallacy.In actuality, Damian may be too confident in how well locked down his information is. Bruce, of course, kept meticulous records on everything to do with Damian. His file is, perhaps, one of the most extensive and detailed out of all the entries in the Batcomputer's database, although most of the information is locked away with one of Bruce's passcodes.
He'd kept notes, theories, approaches. Damian had read them all; entries concerning his mental health, his social behaviors (or lack-thereof), commentary on something he'd said or done and through it all the worried tone of a parent who'd been watching his psychologically scarred son walk a thin line for years. Scans of his sketchbooks. Copies of essays he'd written, his own case notes. Bruce had even gotten a hold of records of his League training, those ages three through ten, what he'd been put through and tasked to do - the dozens of teachers he'd had, found at the bottom of the ocean once he'd outstripped their knowledge and they were no longer useful. Clinical medical photos of the damages he'd suffered and the steps taken to restore his body to perfect condition, interspersed with the rare few pictures of him looking judgmentally at the camera, or sometimes caught unawares in more natural posing.
And, of course, the course of action Bruce would have taken if he'd gone rogue. A hit list, revised and updated as his threat level changed, grew exponentially.
Damian hasn't been able to look at it again. ]
The League is extremely political. The boy's mother had her own people who were loyal to her, and her own resources, and the boy was still the League prince. Batman was one man, and she had an army.
[ His tone is wry - it was dangerous and stupid to take up being Batman's partner. ]
My impression of her? She was a very intimidating woman. Intelligent, cunning, and a leader. By all rights, the inheritance should have gone to her, but Ra's' views are a little dated. And she loved her son, more than almost anything. Good luck to anyone that got between her and him.
[ Sixteen years later Damian is an adult, and she still hasn't given up on him, disowned or not. Although at this point, if he were to be captured, she'd have him broken and then reconditioned -- she knows he would never stay with her willingly. ]