"Hmm, looks like they're done talking."
Deathstroke stubbed out his cigarette and put it away, exhaled a cloud of smoke, then got to his feet in space, ready to leave.
In front of the house on the planet below, the girl was playfully saluting Batwoman. That clearly meant she had agreed to join the team.
That was only natural. Before she retired, she had been a member of that Titans team.
Back in the Teen Titans' day, Nightwing had been the captain. He was Batwoman's beloved eldest son, even if neither of them would admit it.
Anyway, in Su Ming's eyes, Nightwing was Batwoman's son. There was nothing to argue about. The treatment he received went far beyond that of an ordinary sidekick; it was exactly how a biological son would be treated.
Take Aquaman's sidekick, for example. Aqualad back then, now Tempest Garth—he had never gotten a huge slap across the face from Aquaman.
Then there was Barry's sidekick, Kid Flash. Whether White Wally or Black Wally, neither of them had ever had their teeth knocked out by The Flash, right?
And Green Arrow's sidekick, Driver, went without saying. Oliver had never deceived that loyal Black man.
Only Nightwing was like this: nominally a sidekick, Robin, but actually raised as a son. Batwoman beat him and deceived him; that was the kind of closeness only family had.
Don't forget that Batwoman was mentally ill. She often expressed her love for someone through physical means. The person she beat most viciously was Joker, but who could say Batwoman didn't love Joker? Their relationship was so close, it was like they were one person.
Don't try to understand how mentally ill people thought. Harley was a negative example. She had once wanted to study mentally ill people, and in the end,