Chapter Summaries

Damian mocked Jon and struggled with Tim while the others tried to reassure Jon about the Bat Family’s rough behavior. When Bat-Cow became uncomfortable, Jon realized she needed milking, leaving Damian to rush inside and learn how to do it before returning with a bucket.

• Damian belittled Jon’s knowledge of merfolk, and Tim threatened to show footage of Damian’s first reaction to Miaomiao before the two began fighting.
• Dick and Miaomiao comforted Jon and explained that Damian was sharp-tongued but cared more easily for animals than people.
• Bat-Cow wandered out of the pasture, and Miaomiao found that she was swollen rather than sick or injured.
• Jon realized Bat-Cow needed milking, startling Damian, who rejected Jon’s offer to help and hurried into the house.
• Tim and Conner left for the Teen Titans, while Dick and Jason headed to the training grounds; Damian returned carrying a bucket and claimed he now knew what to do.

Damian struggled to milk Bat-Cow until Jon took over and calmed her. After seeing Jon's skill, Damian grudgingly praised him, and Miaomiao brought the boys together as friends.

• Damian's clumsy milking upset Bat-Cow and left him with barely any milk in the bucket.
• Jon offered to help, and Damian reluctantly gave up his place while insisting he had not asked for help.
• Jon soothed Bat-Cow and milked her successfully, while Miaomiao praised him.
• Damian checked Bat-Cow, then grudgingly told Jon he was good at milking.
• Miaomiao joined Damian and Jon's hands in a handshake to make them friends, and Damian did not pull away.

Miaomiao, Jon, and Damian spent a warm afternoon at Wayne Manor, where talk of Krypto led to a friendly rivalry over the Wayne family’s cookies and the Kent family’s apple pie. After tasting both, Jon and Damian admitted they each liked the other family’s treat, just as the manor’s doorbell rang again.

• Titus covered Miaomiao, Jon, and Damian with a blanket, and Jon told Damian about Krypto, the Kryptonian dog with superpowers.
• Alfred invited the children inside for cookies and apple pie, prompting Jon and Damian to argue over which family’s treat was better.
• Damian tasted the Kent apple pie while Jon tried the Wayne chocolate nut cookie, and both boys were pleasantly surprised.
• Jon admitted that the Wayne cookies tasted good, and Damian conceded that the Kent apple pie was quite good.
• The manor’s main entrance doorbell rang again.

Aquaman Arthur Curry visited Wayne Manor after hearing that Bruce had adopted a girl with a fish tail. He warned that the Fish-Man Kingdom might start a war if it discovered one of its children was stranded on the surface, then asked where Bruce was keeping her.

• Bruce disabled Wayne Manor's defenses so Arthur could enter after he impatiently rang the doorbell.
• Alfred welcomed Arthur and directed him to the sitting room, where Bruce, Clark, Lois, Miaomiao, Jonathan, and Damian were having afternoon tea.
• Bruce asked Arthur why he had come, and Arthur said he had heard about Bruce adopting a girl with a fish tail.
• Arthur admitted that Green Lantern had heard the news from Flash, who had heard it from Clark.
• Arthur warned that the Fish-Man Kingdom might treat Miaomiao's presence on the surface as grounds for war and asked where Bruce was keeping her.

Bruce, Clark, and Miaomiao tried to explain to Arthur that Miaomiao was a merfolk from another world, not a child from his ocean kingdoms. After seeing her fish tail, Arthur finally realized she was the girl everyone had been discussing.

• Arthur accused Bruce of keeping a child from her ocean home and argued that she needed help mastering her powers.
• Bruce and Clark explained that no child was missing from the Fish-Man Kingdom and that Miaomiao had nothing to do with Arthur’s ocean kingdoms.
• Miaomiao suggested that they meant she had no connection to the oceans of this world.
• Damian told Arthur that Miaomiao was a powerful merfolk from another world who did not need his protection, then corrected him about her name.
• Miaomiao leaped into an empty aquarium and revealed her blue-violet fish tail, and Arthur recognized her as the Little Mermaid.

Arthur told Bruce that someone had secretly watched Atlantis and several other ocean kingdoms four months earlier, and Bruce suspected Miaomiao might know something. Miaomiao revealed that she was probably the watcher, having searched the seas for Merfolk soon after arriving in this world.

• Arthur explained that a hidden observer had been spotted near Atlantis and that other ocean kingdoms had also been watched around the same time.
• Bruce asked when the sightings occurred, then told Arthur to ask Miaomiao about them.
• Miaomiao remembered that four months earlier she had been swimming through the seas to search for this world's Merfolk.
• Miaomiao apologized and admitted that she was probably the person who had watched the ocean kingdoms.
• Miaomiao explained that she had found underwater cities and intelligent marine life but left because they were not Merfolk and she could not understand them.

Arthur learned that Miaomiao had secretly explored Atlantis while searching for Merfolk, and he forgave her. He offered to teach her about her ocean abilities, but Miaomiao demonstrated her control of water and promised to visit Atlantis.

• Miaomiao apologized to Arthur for sneaking into Atlantis while searching for Merfolk in the unfamiliar world.
• Arthur sympathized with Miaomiao’s loneliness and forgave her, then offered her a home in Atlantis.
• Bruce reminded Arthur that the girl was named Miaomiao Wayne, and Arthur defended Atlantis as a place where she could learn to use her powers.
• Miaomiao demonstrated her water manipulation and explained that it developed through a Merfolk’s blood, soul, and practice.
• Arthur accepted Miaomiao’s decision and invited her to visit Atlantis, promising to find a friend to guide her.

Arthur told Clark about his uncertain relationship with Mera and how she kept refusing his dates. Miaomiao gave Arthur a bolt of mermaid silk, which he accepted as a gift for Mera.

• Arthur explained that he and Mera had feelings for each other, but she would not openly acknowledge their relationship.
• Arthur recounted how he and Mera had defeated Orm and stopped the war between the ocean and the land, then described Mera turning down his attempts to date her.
• Miaomiao left the group and returned with mermaid silk she had woven herself.
• Miaomiao gave Arthur the silk, explaining that it resisted water and offered protection from physical and magical attacks.
• Arthur accepted the silk and said he thought Mera would love it.

Clark brought Miaomiao and Damian to Kent Farm, where Mrs. Martha welcomed them into the warm family home. The children settled in with fresh cookies and milk while Clark left for work.

• Miaomiao and Damian rode with Clark to Kent Farm, where Damian hid his excitement behind complaints about the farm and Clark’s pickup.
• Mrs. Martha warmly greeted Miaomiao and Damian and invited them inside for fresh cookies.
• Clark dropped off the children and left for work, while Mrs. Martha showed them into the farmhouse.
• Damian compared the small house unfavorably with Wayne Manor, but Miaomiao said it felt cozy.
• Mrs. Martha brought the children chocolate cookies and hot milk.

Miaomiao and Damian visited Kent Farm, where Martha welcomed them warmly and Damian awkwardly discovered he liked her chocolate cookies. Little Jo returned from the orchard with apples, delighted that his friends had truly come to visit.

• Martha served Miaomiao and Damian warm milk and cookies and welcomed them to the farm.
• Damian hesitated at Martha's kindness, then tried a chocolate cookie and secretly enjoyed it.
• Miaomiao thanked Martha for the cookies and eagerly accepted her offer of freshly baked apple pie.
• Little Jo returned from the orchard with a basket of apples and greeted Miaomiao and Damian excitedly.
• Little Jo reflected on how surprised and thrilled he had been when Miaomiao and Damian accepted his invitation to Kent Farm.

Miaomiao, Damian, and Little Jo explored the Kent farm, where Miaomiao tried eating raw corn and Damian demonstrated his skill with a Batarang. When Damian asked why Little Jo had not used Super Speed, Little Jo confessed that he struggled to control his emerging powers.

• Little Jo showed Miaomiao and Damian the farm's vast cornfield, and Miaomiao eagerly bit into an ear before peeling it and trying the raw kernels.
• Little Jo invited his friends to see his secret hideout and newly hatched chicks as they talked about their abilities.
• Damian said his brain and blade were his superpowers, then threw a Batarang deep into a tree trunk.
• Damian asked Little Jo why he had not used Super Speed, and Little Jo admitted that he was weak as a child and still could not control his powers properly.

Damian tried to trigger Little Jo’s dormant powers by hitting him with a Batarang, while Miaomiao defended the harsh method and treated his injury. At the Kent Farmhouse, Martha told Damian how Little Jo’s loneliness and disappointment on his birthday had led to his heat vision awakening, leaving the full story of that painful memory unfolding.

• Little Jo told Damian that he had only awakened heat vision and still struggled to control it, so Damian asked how it first appeared.
• Little Jo recalled that his heat vision erupted when he was upset on his birthday, after his father revealed that he was Superman.
• Damian threw an unsharpened Batarang at Little Jo’s head to test whether trauma would awaken another power, and Miaomiao cooled the swelling with water.
• Miaomiao explained that dangerous training was normal for Damian and merfolk children, leaving Little Jo bewildered as they continued their outing.
• The three children returned to the Kent Farmhouse, where Martha told Damian that Little Jo had grown up feeling isolated and hurt by Clark’s absences.
• Martha described how Little Jo missed baseball pitches, was mocked by classmates, and waited in vain for Clark to attend his birthday game.

Damian visited the Kent farm and learned how Little Jo discovered his powers and found comfort in his father, Superman. Martha reassured Damian that he was worthy of love, and the chapter ended with the children sharing cake and fresh apple pie.

• Little Jo recalled how his heat vision accidentally destroyed the barn, and how Clark found him and restored his trust by arriving as Superman.
• Martha told Damian she hoped he and Little Jo could understand each other, but Damian contrasted Little Jo’s loving family with his own painful past.
• Martha reassured Damian that he did not need to become someone else to be loved, and Damian’s guarded expression softened slightly.
• Miaomiao and Little Jo brought Damian a cake decorated with blueberries on one half and cherries on the other, then asked him to choose the prettier side.
• Martha brought out freshly baked apple pie and invited the children to share both desserts.

Miaomiao, Little Jo, and Martha welcomed Damian into a noisy, affectionate meal that eased his loneliness. Miaomiao and Damian stayed overnight with the Kent family, and Miaomiao fell asleep beside Martha while Damian shared Little Jo’s room.

• Little Jo and Miaomiao urged Damian to try their respective halves of the cake, and he quietly ate the treats they put on his plate.
• Martha watched the children bicker and laugh as Damian’s loneliness faded and he softened toward them.
• Miaomiao and Damian stayed the night at the Kent home, with Miaomiao sharing Martha’s room and Damian sharing Little Jo’s.
• Martha reassured Miaomiao that she could sleep normally, offered her warm milk, and promised to make breakfast in the morning.
• Miaomiao settled into bed beside Martha and drifted peacefully to sleep, while Damian and Little Jo faced an awkward atmosphere in their room.

Damian and Little Jo discussed their loneliness and insecurities, and Damian admitted he did not hate Little Jo, agreeing to a truce. The next morning, they joined Miaomiao to visit the Kent farm animals.

• Damian struggled to sleep beside Little Jo and snapped at him for tossing and turning.
• Little Jo asked Damian whether he hated him, and Damian insisted that Little Jo had done nothing wrong.
• Little Jo shared how classmates bullied him, and Damian admitted that others disliked and feared him too.
• Damian told Little Jo he did not hate him, and the boys agreed to a truce.
• Miaomiao woke the boys, and Damian and Little Jo went with her to see the farm animals after breakfast.

Miaomiao fed the chicks while Damian reluctantly learned to milk Betty, overcoming an embarrassing first attempt and filling a bucket. Miaomiao struggled to bottle the milk without spilling it, then had an idea.

• Miaomiao fed grain to the chicks and gently stroked one.
• Damian agreed to learn milking after Miaomiao pointed out that Little Jo could not always help with Bat-Cow.
• Little Jo showed Damian how to milk Betty, but Damian squeezed too hard, got splashed with milk, and was flicked by Betty's tail.
• Damian tried again with less force and gradually learned to milk Betty as Miaomiao and Little Jo cheered him on.
• Miaomiao tried to help Mrs. Martha bottle the milk but spilled some and stopped, unwilling to waste food.
• Miaomiao suddenly said she had an idea.

Miaomiao used her water-control ability to bottle milk before the children went to feed the lambs. Damian was knocked over by a ram named Fast and threatened Miaomiao and Little Jo to keep the humiliating incident secret.

• Miaomiao controlled the milk in the bucket and poured it into bottles, impressing Little Jo and Martha.
• Miaomiao, Little Jo, and Damian went to feed the lambs after finishing their farm chores.
• Damian dismissed the lambs as childish while Miaomiao and Little Jo cuddled them.
• Fast charged Damian from behind and sent him sprawling across the grass.
• Miaomiao and Little Jo helped Damian up and explained that Fast liked ramming people.
• Damian threatened Miaomiao and Little Jo not to tell anyone, then confronted Fast.

Damian turned Fast’s repeated charges into a game and gradually relaxed as he played with the ram. Watching him, Little Jo said he had figured out how to get along with the Bat crowd.

• Fast repeatedly charged at Damian, who dodged and resisted using force while Miaomiao and Little Jo watched.
• Little Jo explained that Fast treated chasing and butting people as a game when he liked them.
• Damian decided to meet Fast’s challenge, dodging the ram and patting his fleece as it charged.
• Fast pressed into Damian’s arms, and Damian began stroking him and playing with him on the grass.
• Little Jo watched Damian enjoy himself and told Miaomiao he had figured out how to get along with the Bat crowd.

Damian, Miaomiao, and Jonathan finished their weekend at Kent Farm after Damian and Jonathan grew more comfortable with each other. As Alfred drove them back to Gotham, Damian asked about the city, where the plan to make the Joker forget was continuing.

• After Damian realized how much he had played with Fast, he searched for Jonathan and learned that Jonathan had been fetching water.
• Damian helped Jonathan water the sheep and cows, and the two got along without Miaomiao smoothing things over.
• Damian offered a large sum to take Fast home, but Jonathan refused, and the three said goodbye to the animals.
• When Jonathan asked if they were friends, Miaomiao explained that Damian had already accepted him, and Damian dragged her away in embarrassment.
• Alfred picked up Miaomiao and Damian and drove them home, reporting that Gotham was as usual and that their plan involving the Joker was progressing.

Miaomiao, Damian, and Tim worked to weaken Joker’s influence and keep him confined, learning that Dionesium made him nearly impossible to kill. Miaomiao and Damian infiltrated Arkham to carry out her plan, while Arkham’s guards approached unaware of them.

• Tim’s software buried information about Joker, while Miaomiao’s song helped reduce crime and weaken the Joker Gang’s hold on its members.
• Damian, Miaomiao, and Tim planned how to keep Joker in Arkham, and Tim explained that Dionesium gave Joker near-immortal healing.
• Miaomiao decided to use a dream to deal with Joker instead of injuring him.
• Damian and Miaomiao entered Arkham’s high-risk isolation ward with Tim hacking its surveillance systems.
• Two guards approached their hiding place as the older guard warned his new partner that Arkham inmates usually wanted guards’ lives.