( bruce stiffens, and damian stops where he's standing. doesn't come a step closer. )
I know.
( it's softer. he knows that this isn't the life bruce would have wanted for damian. that if he had gotten ahold of damian as an infant - well. he doubts bruce would have known what to do with him, damian would have gotten in the way of being batman, but he would've figured out something for him. he wouldn't have let damian be raised as an assassin, a fighter, anything like he is. he'd raised sidekicks, but taking in a child who had watched his parents die to give him something else is far different than being given an infant who shares his blood. damian would have fought it every inch of the way because he was born to be more. but it doesn't change what bruce would have wanted for him, if he had the option. )
But I am. . . happy, as I am. I have Pennyworth, and Father, brothers a sister, Goliath, Titus, Ace, Batcow, and Alfred the Cat. I have friends whose companionship I treasure. I was given the choice to choose my path, and I chose Robin. It's my life, and while there are many things I've done that I regret, I would not ask to change it. Wishing I could have been raised differently is not why I brought it up to you.
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I know.
( it's softer. he knows that this isn't the life bruce would have wanted for damian. that if he had gotten ahold of damian as an infant - well. he doubts bruce would have known what to do with him, damian would have gotten in the way of being batman, but he would've figured out something for him. he wouldn't have let damian be raised as an assassin, a fighter, anything like he is. he'd raised sidekicks, but taking in a child who had watched his parents die to give him something else is far different than being given an infant who shares his blood. damian would have fought it every inch of the way because he was born to be more. but it doesn't change what bruce would have wanted for him, if he had the option. )
But I am. . . happy, as I am. I have Pennyworth, and Father, brothers a sister, Goliath, Titus, Ace, Batcow, and Alfred the Cat. I have friends whose companionship I treasure. I was given the choice to choose my path, and I chose Robin. It's my life, and while there are many things I've done that I regret, I would not ask to change it. Wishing I could have been raised differently is not why I brought it up to you.