"It was impossible that he simply wanted to find a sense of belonging among his own kind," Jason analyzed. "Judging from his behavior, his antisocial symptoms were too severe. His mind was probably already a complete mess. People like that had abnormal emotional responses; they neither needed nor would seek any sense of belonging. If so, then it had to be for profit."
"But what could he gain from the Joker and Batman merging?" Nightwing asked.
"Why not turn the question around? What could the Batman from your universe gain from this? Why was he also looking for this particular Batman?" Jason said.
The Robins from the Main Universe fell silent in thought, but they clearly could not see what purpose their universe's Batman had in doing this either. Jason said helplessly, "I mean, go ask him. If you find out what Batman from your universe wants, won't you know what Robin King wants too?"
"Ask???" Red Hood looked deeply confused and shocked. To him, that did not seem like an option.
The Main Universe Robins looked at one another. Barbara said, "This mysterious fog seems to have cut off the signal. When will we be able to get out?"
Hearing there was no signal, the Main Universe Robins all sighed in relief. It seemed they had just been about to settle who would ask Batman a question through a battle royale.
"Come on, there's no way there won't be a signal forever." Tim's words utterly killed the Main Universe Robins' faint hopes. Then Jason added fuel to the fire. "I really don't know why you're so scared of him. He won't eat you, and you're going to ask about something important, not make small talk."
"Small talk isn't an option in Batman's dialogue menu," Red Robin said reflexively. But