You have to understand that I know. You’re right. You’re right to hit me. You’re right to say all of that. But I don’t regret it. We had to keep the secret. And that fewer people that knew, the fewer people that had that burden to keep. My blame to take, my lie to tell. Not yours. I’m the oldest. I carried that. So you didn’t have to.
But I want you to know. Really, I need you to know. Everything we’ve gone through together. All of that never left me, never will leave me. Knowing you guys are behind me is more important than anything. I’m not just another fellow disciple of the bat or whatever. Tim, Jason, I’m your brother.
– Grayson #12
It never gets acknowledged that Batman was abusive when he beat the crap out of Dick to get him to agree to that. It should have been.