ra's had tried to do the same with damian's body just after he'd met his father. his body had been horrendously injured, leaving him in a position where he felt the need to jump ship into a new one - and that had been the purpose of damian's existence, hadn't it? a heir to the league, to ensure the al ghul lineage continued. and given how ra's has often doubted his and talia's capability to continue his work - well. without damian there to take over, his mother would be first choice. )
If you hadn't shut everyone out, it wouldn't have been her. It would have been me, and you would've saved me.
( talia was not a good parent, but damian would argue she didn't deserve being erased. it's almost, almost as upsetting as grayson being - absent. )
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ra's had tried to do the same with damian's body just after he'd met his father. his body had been horrendously injured, leaving him in a position where he felt the need to jump ship into a new one - and that had been the purpose of damian's existence, hadn't it? a heir to the league, to ensure the al ghul lineage continued. and given how ra's has often doubted his and talia's capability to continue his work - well. without damian there to take over, his mother would be first choice. )
If you hadn't shut everyone out, it wouldn't have been her. It would have been me, and you would've saved me.
( talia was not a good parent, but damian would argue she didn't deserve being erased. it's almost, almost as upsetting as grayson being - absent. )