[It's not very often that Damian feels guilty about anything, but there's no other word to describe the feeling curling uncomfortably in his chest at Grayson's shocked reaction.]
The body was a fake. Darkseid-does it matter how? We were wrong. He was sent into the past and the Justice League got him out. [Beat.]
He's not dead. He never was. He's Batman again and-[And what? He'd been making a point but it doesn't matter anymore.] You're still in the cowl. You and me, we're still a team. You chose to stay. [he could have gone back to Nightwing. He could have dumped Damian on Bruce now that he was back and alive, but he hadn't.]
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The body was a fake. Darkseid-does it matter how? We were wrong. He was sent into the past and the Justice League got him out. [Beat.]
He's not dead. He never was. He's Batman again and-[And what? He'd been making a point but it doesn't matter anymore.] You're still in the cowl. You and me, we're still a team. You chose to stay. [he could have gone back to Nightwing. He could have dumped Damian on Bruce now that he was back and alive, but he hadn't.]