Although Damian was on the verge of an emotional outburst, Batman remained remarkably calm. He turned to look at Damian, but there was no trace of nostalgia on his face. After a long pause, he said, "I know. You believe you're Damian. The Black Hand who designed this plan wouldn't let you know your true identities. He would do everything possible to make you believe that you were loved ones returned from the dead. Because if you couldn't even fool yourselves, you could never fool us."
"But if you really were identical to our dead family members, then you couldn't possibly help the Black Hand carry out his evil plan. Birds of a feather flock together. If someone could become a superhero's family or friend and maintain a long, good relationship with them, then they must also be kind and righteous people. People like that wouldn't betray their trust and turn against them."
"If you couldn't know your true identities, yet still had to become enemies of the superheroes, then there was only one way left: tamper with your emotions."
"When people spend time together, there can't possibly be only positive emotions. Friction, mutual resentment, even differing interpretations of important events—those things are perfectly normal. Adults have decent emotional self-control. They can manage their emotions, make rational decisions, and maintain their relationships with others."
"But once emotions are interfered with by an outside force, especially an irresistible one, many tiny feelings can suddenly erupt like landslides and tsunamis, leaving people unable to control themselves."
"At times like that, everything from the past resurfaces. Old frictions and conflicts are magnified without limit, making people feel deeply betrayed. The negative emotions born from them are magnified as well. What was once merely a complaint quickly becomes resentment; what was once simple dissatisfaction