Damian frowned and looked at Bruce. "Are we really going to give up? Scum like Joker deserves to..."
"Enough, Damian." Bruce cut him off, looking toward the cave entrance, the exhaustion in his eyes impossible to hide any longer. "I know you're doing this for Jason. But you can't go."
"Hatred is a road with no return."
The morning mist had yet to clear from Robinson Park, but things were already lively beside an ivy-covered bench.
Poison Ivy, Pamela Isley, had her vines gently entwined around the stone railing, sprouting little purple flowers that trembled in the breeze; Harley Quinn sat on a swing woven from vines, swinging her legs and humming a tuneless song, her matching red-and-blue pigtails flying freely; Catwoman, Selina Kyle, leaned against a tree trunk, toying with a shiny coin between her fingertips, her green eyes holding their usual languid amusement.
They were waiting for someone.
Miaomiao ran over with her little bag slung over her shoulder, an excited smile on her face.
"Pamela! Harley! Selina!" She ran up to the three of them and took two handmade mermaid silk charms out of her bag. "These are presents for you!"
"Presents?! I love presents!"
Harley's eyes lit up, and she immediately jumped off the swing, practically bouncing as she snatched the gifts from Miaomiao's hands.
"Wow! So cute! I love it!"
The charm Miaomiao gave Harley was a little orange-and-white clownfish, with round obsidian eyes and a glittery red-and-blue bow tied around its tail fin.
Harley hung the clownfish around her neck, then leaned toward Pamela to show it off. "Look, Ivy~ Isn't it super cute? Just like me! Cupcake, you know me so well! Mwah, mwah, mwah~ Come give me a kiss~~"
"Last night, Selina told Harley you'd given her and Killer Croc presents and