Damian Wayne Day: Time Travel | Different Mentor | Animal Transformation | Canon Divergence
Damian has been… surprised to say the least when Jason had took up being Batman.
It’d been 3 days after his death, the news was starting to see patterns and if his identity was revealed then leads would begin to form. Somebody needed to be Batman.
In order of legacy, how the heir system worked, Damian was sure dick would’ve become Batman, but his frame was smaller, and he wasn’t as tall, he smiled too much and his skin wasn’t as pale, they would’ve only been able to go a few weeks before someone noticed, but not permanently.
Jason hadn’t offered himself up for the cowl, Alfred did. Not intentionally by any means but he mentioned how similar they looked and it spiralled. Tim hadn’t wanted to keep Robin after that. He was sure Bruce was alive, somewhere, he didn’t want to just give up on him.
Damian wanted to believe him, he really really did, but he couldn’t.
Regardless of it all, Damian was pulling on the Robin suit. They’d made adjustments, but it was still Robin.
Training with Jason had been so different yet so similar to his grandfather and mother. He fought like them, he could move like them, but he spoke differently, he treated others differently, he treated Damian differently.
He was learning to like the different.
“What do you want?” Jason was stood in front of a food truck, fiddling with one of the belt pockets to get out his wallet.
“Huh?”
“Food,” he explained, “I don’t want you patrolling on an empty stomach.”
“You sound like Alfred.” It’d been about 4 months of Robin, it was becoming normal now, settling how Damien could imagine it was with Tim and Bruce, before.
“I’m getting you a halloumi shawarma.”
“Fine.” He tutted, feet landing on the floor besides him.
The largest part that had been different from what he thought Robin was, was the patrol. Talia had spoken like it was as harsh and demanding as league training, not… this. Getting food and talking and helping children and stopping drug trades, it wasn’t the excellence he expected. It was different. Better.
Damian liked this new better, his Batman played video games with him, helped him foster injured animals, held him when he hurt himself. He was different. Better.
So much better.
