Life is a lot, father. Especially given our profession. We fight, we get knocked down, again and again. Yet the horrors persist, and so do we.

( it's not even the half of it. all of that is just covering a couple of the attempts at destroying the world. it doesn't cover waller, nor does it cover damian getting grossly infected with beast boy's spores and becoming a - cat. he doesn't talk about jon, nor how the wayne manor wasn't in the hands of waynes but vandal savage. and as damian had said - he is angry. bitter. it's clear from his tone, from how the scowl never fades, from how he remains sitting here but doesn't seem particularly pleased about it.

none of it is this bruce wayne's fault. taking out his anger on someone who damian remembers trying won't do anything for anyone. he sighs, that same irritation still clear from the way he's holding himself, but he does offer - )

I went to high school and picked up a new hobby.