[And if it's rare for Bruce, it's pretty damn close to absurd for Damian. And yet... a lot of these talks are, and he is still new to both time and space shenanigans, much as he's read up on both. And alternate universes.

So he retracts his hand, carefully, and nods in... gratitude for not making him try to explain this. Because he just can't.]

I was... out.

[No. Not really, he hasn't eaten.]