Can someone be a great parent, and also be Batman? It seems Rick is still wrestling with that; his fond memories of when brutal vigilantism was awe-inspiring, and not the source of so much personal pain. Bruce took his trauma and turned it into a force for good. Bruce took his trauma and turned it into a force of bloody, blind revenge. Maybe hoping for understanding from another guy in a funny suit punching bad guys with an imaginary name was a longshot, but what exactly can Batman do that Superman can't? Does the world need Batman, does Gotham? Do those things need Batman more than a small scattered handful of family members need Bruce Wayne? Is it just as unfair to disregard what Bruce might need in return?

These and other sad tales showing nightly.

"Not yet, I guess."

Another sound of a vehicle, rumbling closer. More construction in all likelihood, but the potential for it to be Alfred in a G-Class.

"I meant it, about that thing I have to do."