[He grunts in response to the first question. Grayson don't make him say it out loud.]
I never said you couldn't ask. Only that there are some things I will not answer. [For his own sake, more than for Grayson's. Except where it concerned Todd. That was all for Grayson's sake.]
I...[He sighs. He hadn't wanted to tackle this yet, but he's realizing the longer he waits, the more likely he'll find out in some worse way.]
Not well. I had only been in the manor for a short time before. [Before.] There was a fight between Batman and Darkseid.
I wasn't lying when I told you we became Batman and Robin because he was away. [Beat.] But. I wasn't entirely truthful either.
Batman was believed dead. I hadn't had much time to know him, and then he was gone. It turned out he wasn't dead and he came back, but it hasn't been long since then. Only a couple of months. Then I woke up here.
...I barely know him Grayson. [Which shouldn't matter, if Batman were just a vigilante and Damian had found another Batman anyway. But Batman isn't just a vigilante to Damian, and even if Grayson doesn't know that, there's an underlying regret to the statement.]
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I never said you couldn't ask. Only that there are some things I will not answer. [For his own sake, more than for Grayson's. Except where it concerned Todd. That was all for Grayson's sake.]
I...[He sighs. He hadn't wanted to tackle this yet, but he's realizing the longer he waits, the more likely he'll find out in some worse way.]
Not well. I had only been in the manor for a short time before. [Before.] There was a fight between Batman and Darkseid.
I wasn't lying when I told you we became Batman and Robin because he was away. [Beat.] But. I wasn't entirely truthful either.
Batman was believed dead. I hadn't had much time to know him, and then he was gone. It turned out he wasn't dead and he came back, but it hasn't been long since then. Only a couple of months. Then I woke up here.
...I barely know him Grayson. [Which shouldn't matter, if Batman were just a vigilante and Damian had found another Batman anyway. But Batman isn't just a vigilante to Damian, and even if Grayson doesn't know that, there's an underlying regret to the statement.]