He had been so caught up in the excitement of his night patrol that he had forgotten the homework due the next day, and Damian's teacher had called his father to report him.
He, Damian al Ghul Wayne, was the sole heir to the League of Assassins, the best Robin, and the future Batman.
He had trained from birth, crossed snowy mountains alone at four, mastered all kinds of martial arts at eight, and defeated his own mother, Talia, at ten. He possessed elite combat skills, spoke multiple languages, and had knowledge equivalent to several doctorates...
And his teacher had called his father because he had forgotten to turn in elementary school homework?!
An utter humiliation!
What frustrated Damian even more was that, just because of this, his father had confiscated his communicator and ordered him to behave at school, finish his homework, apologize to his teacher, and earn her forgiveness. Otherwise, he was forbidden from joining the night patrol!
The homework was simple. To him, none of it was much more complicated than calculating "1 + 1 = ?" Damian could finish the whole thing during any break between classes.
The trouble was that teacher named Susie...
The young woman with glasses was gentle, but stubborn and tenacious. She firmly believed that children should do what children were supposed to do, regardless of whether they were geniuses or their fathers happened to be named Wayne.
To some extent, that philosophy aligned perfectly with Bruce's reasons for insisting on sending Damian to school.
When he had first started school, Damian had tried bribing her. He had even made veiled threats of violence, attempting to make this woman who had no idea what she was getting into understand that this was Gotham, and people who were too stubborn never came to