Recaps

Miaomiao explained that merfolk pearls had rejuvenated Alfred but could only benefit the person whose tears created them, so Dick could not use them. With everyone busy on Monday, Miaomiao decided to visit the kind woman who had helped her a few days earlier.

• Alfred served the family soup, and Dick, Damian, and Tim noticed that Alfred looked younger after being nourished by Miaomiao's pearl.
• Miaomiao explained that the pearl could restore Alfred's body but could not make him young forever, and she recalled that Bruce had refused to swallow his own pearl.
• Dick asked Miaomiao for pearls to protect his looks, but she said merfolk tears only worked for the person they were shed for.
• Dick left for Blüdhaven after stealing cookies from Tim's plate, and Tim privately planned to show Miaomiao Dick's cross-dressing photo.
• Miaomiao wondered how to spend Monday and decided to take a gift to visit the kind woman who had helped her.

Miaomiao prepared an afternoon tea gift for her new friend and followed the fish’s directions into Gotham’s sewers to find the red-haired woman. She reached a hidden underground space, where an unseen resident angrily challenged her for trespassing.

• Alfred helped Miaomiao prepare cookies, sandwiches, fruit tarts, and tea for her new friend, then realized the woman was likely Poison Ivy, Pamela Isley.
• Miaomiao asked fish near the Gotham River where to find the red-haired woman and learned she was somewhere in the sewers.
• Miaomiao entered the sewers, followed the fish’s vague directions, and eventually found a spacious underground chamber with a pool and a flowering plant.
• A furious voice demanded to know who had trespassed on its territory as heavy footsteps shook dust from the walls.

Killer Croc confronted Miaomiao after she wandered into his underground lair, but her kindness and food turned their encounter into an uneasy tea party. Miaomiao considered bringing the lonely, hungry Croc home to Damian as a pet, while Croc asked what she was doing in the sewers.

• Killer Croc returned to his lair and found Miaomiao inside, mistaking her for a threat before realizing she was a little girl.
• Killer Croc tried to frighten Miaomiao into leaving, but she calmly asked if he was hungry.
• Killer Croc's growling stomach betrayed his hunger, and Miaomiao offered him snacks from her food carrier.
• Killer Croc ate the treats and drank the tea while Miaomiao pitied him and wondered whether Damian would take him in as a pet.
• Killer Croc, feeling less hostile after sharing the food, asked Miaomiao what she was doing in the sewers.

Miaomiao searched the sewers for Poison Ivy and instead befriended Killer Croc, whom she called Little Croc. After she left money behind, Killer Croc hurried after her, worried that Gotham’s dangers might hurt her.

• Miaomiao described Poison Ivy to Killer Croc, who warned her that the plant-controlling woman was dangerous.
• Miaomiao reassured Killer Croc that she had not run away and gently stroked his head, startling him into falling off the sofa.
• Miaomiao invited Killer Croc to live with her, but he refused and insisted he was the free king of the sewers.
• Miaomiao said goodbye and left a neatly stacked pile of banknotes on the table.
• Killer Croc found the money and hurried after Miaomiao to make sure she stayed safe.

Miaomiao followed Bruce’s watch through the sewers and met Bruce, then told him and the Wayne family about befriending Killer Croc. After Miaomiao fell asleep, the Bat Family discussed her encounters with villains and the dangers they posed in Gotham City.

• Bruce’s watch guided Miaomiao through the sewers to a manhole near Bruce, who picked her up and drove her home.
• Miaomiao told Bruce about her new friend, Little Croc, and Bruce subtly prompted her to recount her earlier encounter with Poison Ivy.
• At Wayne Manor, Miaomiao told Tim and Damian about Killer Croc and said Damian could keep him, prompting Damian and Tim to argue over whether Killer Croc was cute.
• The chapter recounted how Damian befriended and named Goliath after the young Dragon Bat licked his nose.
• After Miaomiao fell asleep, the Bat Family held a meeting about her knack for befriending supervillains and discussed the risks posed by Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, and Gotham’s other villains.

The Wayne Family made Miaomiao study Gotham City's villains after her encounters with Joker and Pamela, giving her thick files and videos to protect her. She learned about several dangerous criminals and ended the chapter delighted to learn Pamela's name.

• The Wayne Family gave Miaomiao an encyclopedia of Gotham villains, videos, and a laptop, while Alfred explained that the lessons were meant to keep her safe.
• Miaomiao read Joker's file and recalled his deadly traps, deciding she would not kill him because she had promised Bruce.
• Miaomiao studied Two-Face's profile but did not learn that he had once been Bruce Wayne's friend, Harvey Dent.
• Miaomiao read about Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, Riddler, Bane, and many other Gotham villains, marveling at the city's criminal talent.
• After struggling through the files, Miaomiao was pleased to learn that the pretty lady's name was Pamela.

Miaomiao returned to Gotham’s Robinson Park to visit Poison Ivy, and her friendly manner persuaded Ivy’s plants to open a path into the Emerald Kingdom. Batman secretly followed her but was left outside when the plants closed behind her.

• Bruce told Alfred he wanted to verify that supervillains acted more gently around Miaomiao, while Alfred noticed Bruce preparing to follow her in the Batsuit.
• Miaomiao rode to Robinson Park with tea and snacks and walked into the overgrown area where Poison Ivy lived.
• Miaomiao asked a vine to tell Pamela she had arrived, and the plants opened a path for her.
• Batman watched the plants welcome Miaomiao and realized he could not enter the Emerald Kingdom unnoticed.
• The plants sealed the path behind Miaomiao, leaving Batman outside and unsure how to get in.

Miaomiao visited Pamela Isley with afternoon tea and met Harley Quinn, who was pleading to leave and reunite with Joker. Pamela welcomed Miaomiao into her cottage, and Harley grew suspicious and jealous of her new visitor.

• Miaomiao followed a plant-cleared path to Pamela Isley's cottage and overheard Harley Quinn begging Pamela to let her go find Joker.
• Pamela refused Harley, recalling how Joker used and abandoned her, while Harley insisted that he loved her and blamed Batman.
• Pamela's plants alerted her that Miaomiao had arrived, so she invited the girl inside to distract Harley.
• Miaomiao thanked Pamela for helping her before and brought her afternoon tea.
• Harley stopped pleading and eyed Miaomiao with jealousy after Pamela warmly called her an adorable little cupcake.

Miaomiao shared afternoon tea with Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, who quickly warmed to her and promised to introduce her to Selina. Batman watched her leave safely, and Miaomiao later excitedly told her family about her new friends.

• Harley Quinn questioned Miaomiao about her relationship with Pamela before giving her the nicknames Meow-Meow and Cupcake.
• Miaomiao served afternoon tea, and Harley and Pamela enjoyed the treats and affectionately welcomed her.
• Harley admitted she had drunk some of Selina's alcohol and asked Pamela not to tell Kitty.
• Batman saw Miaomiao leave Poison Ivy's hideout unharmed and carrying a basket of fruit.
• Miaomiao told her family about Pamela and Harley and their promise to introduce her to Selina.

Miaomiao left the Batcave to help Batman, who was fighting Bane, while Tim stayed behind to provide technical support. As Batman faced Bane’s strength and skill, the chapter recounted how Bane survived prison and experiments to become a formidable enemy, and Bane declared his determination to defeat Batman.

• Miaomiao visited her friends more often, and Selina joined the gatherings at Poison Ivy’s place.
• An alarm alerted Tim that Batman and the others were in trouble, so Miaomiao insisted on going while Tim stayed to provide technical support.
• Miaomiao took Tim’s communicator and raced toward the fight, and Tim told Batman that Quan Ke was on her way.
• Batman lost focus after hearing Miaomiao was coming and took a punch from Bane the Destroyer.
• The chapter recounted how Bane endured a brutal childhood, prison, and biochemical experiments before becoming a mercenary and Batman’s enemy.
• Bane praised Batman as a worthy opponent and said that he wanted more than ever to defeat him.

Batman was trapped by Bane while searching for the missing Robin, so Miaomiao arrived and took over the fight. She injured Bane with her claws and let Batman leave to find Robin, then coldly confronted Bane for hitting him.

• Bane blocked Batman and revealed that he had arranged the fight to keep Batman from rescuing Robin.
• Batman realized Bane and Scarecrow had likely planned Robin's disappearance together, but he could not defeat Bane quickly.
• Miaomiao swam through Gotham's underground waterways and arrived to help Batman.
• Miaomiao introduced herself as Quan Ke, Batman's new assistant, and told Batman to find Robin while she fought Bane.
• Miaomiao's claws cut Bane and made his arm sluggish, and Batman left after warning her not to kill anyone.
• Miaomiao turned cold and accused Bane of hitting Batman.

Miaomiao paralyzed and subdued Bane after he helped kidnap Robin and attack Batman, then handed him over to Commissioner Gordon and escaped through a manhole. Gordon ordered Bane taken to Arkham and considered visiting Wayne Manor privately.

• Miaomiao beat Bane with her fists after her paralyzing toxin slowed him down.
• Gotham police arrived, and Commissioner Gordon recognized Miaomiao as Quan Ke, Batman’s assistant.
• Miaomiao told Gordon that Bane had conspired to kidnap Robin and hit Batman, and explained that the paralysis would last about thirty minutes.
• Miaomiao pushed Bane toward the police, then escaped through a manhole into Gotham’s sewers.
• Gordon ordered his officers to remove Bane’s drug tubes, cuff him, and take him to Arkham, then considered visiting Wayne Manor.

After Miaomiao returned to the Batcave, Batman sternly lectured her for acting recklessly, and she fled into Gotham’s underground waterways, feeling that her family no longer wanted her. She ended up lost and hungry, refusing to go home.

• Miaomiao returned to the Batcave, where Batman and the others confronted her about rushing off to help without preparation.
• Batman warned Miaomiao that her strength and charm could not protect her from stronger opponents or human malice, but she felt hurt when no one defended her.
• Miaomiao splashed Batman, Tim, and Damian with water, then swam away while Alfred worried that they had been too harsh on a child new to life on land.
• Bruce found Miaomiao’s pale, bitter-looking pearls and asked Tim to track her; Tim reported that she was moving through the underground river toward Crime Alley.
• Miaomiao swam until she was lost and hungry, but refused to return home or eat raw fish.

After leaving Wayne Manor, Miaomiao sat alone in Crime Alley until Jason found her and offered to take her to get food. Jason discovered that her tears turned into pearls and led the hungry, upset girl away from the corner.

• Miaomiao worried that Pamela and Little Croc would turn her away and wondered whether she had anywhere to go after leaving Wayne Manor.
• Jason recognized Miaomiao in Crime Alley and asked why she was there instead of with Batman.
• Miaomiao burst into tears, and Jason saw that they became grayish-purple pearls when they fell.
• Miaomiao told Jason she was hungry, so he covered her with his jacket and promised to buy her food.
• Jason collected the pearls, and Miaomiao followed him out of the corner while holding on to his shirt.

Jason accidentally triggered Miaomiao’s merfolk transformation by giving her a spicy hot dog, then rushed her to his safe house and cooled her down with ice water and a cold bath. Miaomiao remained unable to turn her tail back and asked Jason to make her food.

• Jason gave Miaomiao his spicy hot dog after she said she was still hungry.
• Miaomiao ate a bite, reacted violently to the chili, and transformed into a mermaid with a powerful tail.
• Jason wrapped Miaomiao in his jacket, carried her to his safe house, and tried to calm her with ice water.
• Jason put Miaomiao in a cold bath, where she gradually settled down but could not change her tail back.
• Miaomiao told Jason her throat hurt and that she was hungry, so Jason agreed to cook and asked what she could not eat.

Jason told Miaomiao his name and fed her in a safe house, where she fell asleep in the bathtub with her mermaid tail exposed. Batman arrived to collect her and faced Jason, whose history of violent clashes with his father resurfaced.

• Jason told Miaomiao to call him Jason or Red Hood, admitted his red bat emblem was meant to spite Batman, and fed her oatmeal and macaroni.
• Miaomiao enjoyed Jason's cooking while he worried that her mermaid tail would make it dangerous for her to return outside.
• Jason's Lazarus Pit resurrection stirred his anger and urge to smoke, but he crushed his cigarette after remembering Miaomiao was nearby.
• Jason found Miaomiao asleep in the bathtub, quietly cleared away the dishes, and made sure she would not drown.
• Batman appeared in the safe house, and Jason instinctively reached for his gun before remembering Batman had come for Miaomiao.
• Batman recalled that his concern for Jason had repeatedly come out as criticism, provoking Jason into bloody fights.

Bruce left Miaomiao with Jason for a few days instead of taking her back to Wayne Manor, after finding her asleep and heartbroken in Jason’s bathroom. When Miaomiao woke, she discovered that her voice was nearly gone and she could no longer transform her tail into legs, leaving her frightened that she was becoming the Little Mermaid.

• Jason told Bruce that Wayne Manor had stopped being his home, then admitted Miaomiao was asleep in his bathroom.
• Bruce saw Miaomiao’s tears and pearls in the bathtub and decided she should stay with Jason for a few days.
• Bruce gave Jason a guide to caring for Miaomiao and explained that she was a powerful, kind Merfolk from another world whose voice could have a hypnotic effect.
• Miaomiao woke with a hoarse voice and found she could not transform her tail into legs.
• Jason fed Miaomiao a piece of apple and promised that the effects of the chili would wear off.

Jason let Miaomiao stay at his safe house under strict rules after chili pepper temporarily left her unable to speak, then fed her a meat-heavy meal that made her cry pearls. As Jason armed himself for the night, Miaomiao’s voice began to return and she asked what he was doing.

• Jason explained that Miaomiao’s sore throat was temporary and set rules for her stay at his apartment.
• Miaomiao agreed to Jason’s rules and eagerly ordered meat without chili pepper for her meal.
• Jason served Miaomiao steak, salmon, and sausages cut into bite-sized pieces, and she shed pearls while eating.
• Jason collected Miaomiao’s pearls in a box, serviced his guns, and prepared to go out for the night.
• Miaomiao strained to ask Jason what he was doing as he put on his armor.

Jason prepared to retaliate against Black Mask’s men for breaking Red Hood’s rules by selling drugs near a school, while Miaomiao stayed behind in his safe house. The chapter ended with Jason heading out to strike back as the feud between Red Hood and Black Mask continued.

• Jason warned Miaomiao not to call him Tao Tao and threatened to take away her meat if she did.
• Jason cooked Miaomiao an all-meat lunch and set up snacks, books, and a communicator for her in the bathroom.
• Jason put on his Red Hood gear and left to punish one of Black Mask’s men for selling drugs to students near a school.
• Jason considered Black Mask responsible for the operation and resolved to return the provocation.
• The narration recounted how Red Hood had attacked Black Mask’s arms and drug trades, deepening their feud.

Miaomiao stayed behind in Jason’s safe house while he went out, then woke to find him returning injured. She realized her tail had caused his bruise during their earlier fight, and Jason confronted her about it.

• Miaomiao stayed in the bathtub after Jason left, missing the comforts and company of Wayne Manor.
• Jason returned late, covered in blood, and Miaomiao woke and worried that he was hurt.
• Jason told Miaomiao the blood belonged to someone else and pointed out the large bruise on his waist.
• Miaomiao recognized that the bruise matched the shape of her tail and realized she had struck Jason.
• Jason said he had dodged most of her blow and asked how she planned to settle the score with herself.

Miaomiao soothed Jason’s anger with her song and magical water, then made pearl milk tea from her tears and offered it to him. Jason learned that her blue-violet pearls could strengthen him and extend his life, while he asked what the purplish-gray pearls did.

• Miaomiao noticed Jason’s irritability as he prepared to leave without washing, then sang to calm him.
• Miaomiao used clear water to wash the blood and grime from Jason while her song settled the anger stirred by the Lazarus Pit.
• Miaomiao asked Jason to retrieve her pearls, and he brought her a box from the weapons cabinet.
• Miaomiao crushed two blue-violet pearls and two purplish-gray pearls into milk to make pearl milk tea.
• Miaomiao explained that blue-violet pearls could strengthen someone, extend their life, and speed healing, and Jason asked about the purplish-gray pearls.

Miaomiao’s purple-gray pearl milk tea healed Jason’s bruises and eased his troubled dreams, but his good mood faded when she asked to join his nighttime outing. Jason agreed to bring her along to scout Gotham Harbor, and Miaomiao eagerly rode off with him on his motorcycle.

• Miaomiao explained that her purple-gray pearls could balance Jason’s temper, then made him drink the pearl milk tea, which quickly healed his bruise.
• Jason slept peacefully and woke in a good mood, allowing Miaomiao to eat as much meat and fruit as she wanted.
• After recovering, Miaomiao asked to join Jason on his nighttime outing, and he decided to bring her rather than let her follow secretly.
• Miaomiao wove herself an outfit from water, then Jason gave her a jacket and helmet before they headed out on his motorcycle.
• Miaomiao clung to Jason as they rode toward Gotham Harbor and delighted in the thrill of her first motorcycle ride.

Jason brought Miaomiao to Gotham Harbor to scout Black Mask’s guarded shipment, discovering that her merfolk instincts made her a quick study at stealth. When Batman ordered them to leave, Jason’s anger at his former mentor erupted, and he openly defied him.

• Jason took Miaomiao toward Gotham Harbor to investigate Black Mask’s shipment and told her to keep her face covered and follow his instructions.
• Jason realized Miaomiao’s experience hunting in the ocean helped her move stealthily, and she quickly adapted to moving on land.
• Jason and Miaomiao watched Black Mask’s guards from atop a shipping container and assessed ways to infiltrate the harbor.
• Batman appeared nearby and signaled for Jason and Miaomiao to leave because the mission was too dangerous.
• Jason stood up and challenged Batman, asking why the man who had abandoned him expected him to obey.

Batman, Red Hood, and Miaomiao fought Black Mask’s guards together, despite Batman and Red Hood clashing over their methods. After interrogating the guard captain and recovering a tube of glowing blue liquid, they escaped before the police arrived.

• Red Hood attacked the guards after Batman tried to stop him, and Batman joined the fight as the two argued and traded blows.
• Batman used gadgets while Red Hood fired custom electric bullets that incapacitated the guards without killing them.
• Miaomiao joined the battle, using her claws and agility to disable enemies as Batman and Red Hood protected her from gunfire.
• Batman interrogated the guard captain, and Red Hood followed the information to recover a briefcase containing three tubes of glowing blue liquid.
• As the police approached, Red Hood took one tube, then escaped with Miaomiao on his motorcycle while Batman followed on his Batcycle.

Batman and Jason fought after their escape, but Miaomiao’s tears stopped them and Jason left with the briefcase. Batman brought Miaomiao home, while Alfred confronted Bruce about his repeated failures to reconnect with Jason.

• Batman and Jason argued about Jason’s death and Batman’s failures, then fought until Miaomiao began crying.
• Jason left the briefcase from Black Mask with Batman and rode away on his motorcycle.
• Batman comforted Miaomiao, collected her purple pearls, and took her home in the Batmobile.
• Alfred welcomed Miaomiao back with blueberry cookies and criticized Bruce for driving his children away with orders and harshness.
• Bruce admitted that he had messed things up with Jason again, and Alfred warned that he might lose him as he had before.