[In the end, there's no way Damian can understand a lack of independence. When he thinks about it, his mother had been with him a good bit of time. Now, his father is also with him a good bit of time.
But smattered between all of that, he spent much of it doing things alone. Maybe the ultimate drive is somehow genetic; the craving he has for strength and knowledge and prestige. An al Ghul thing, a Wayne thing. Maybe lacking fear and having an overabundance of confidence is just who he is as a person.
The frown he continues to give Kisa is peppered with confusion in how tightly knitted his sharp brows are.] I was with you, but-- [She isn't wrong. He told her she could do it. That isn't the point, dammit.]
My presence was irrelevant. [But was it really. Isn't this entire place focused on Being There.] I know you would have done what needed to be done even if you were alone.
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But smattered between all of that, he spent much of it doing things alone. Maybe the ultimate drive is somehow genetic; the craving he has for strength and knowledge and prestige. An al Ghul thing, a Wayne thing. Maybe lacking fear and having an overabundance of confidence is just who he is as a person.
The frown he continues to give Kisa is peppered with confusion in how tightly knitted his sharp brows are.] I was with you, but-- [She isn't wrong. He told her she could do it. That isn't the point, dammit.]
My presence was irrelevant. [But was it really. Isn't this entire place focused on Being There.] I know you would have done what needed to be done even if you were alone.