"He wasn't thirteen yet. He was pre-disposed to hate everything I do," Tim explains. He doesn't want Jason to draw the parallel with how Tim expected a new Jason, too, to possibly hate him. No pattern here, sir. "He's calmed down now that he has a life. At home, I mean."

He shrugs. "The Damian here seems fine. Seems to prefer working alone more than the rest of us, or maybe he's getting his human interaction elsewhere. Honestly, it might be better if he is. We all feed those bad habits. And you say his siblings are worse?"