“I loved Dad, too, but I’m not defending his actions.”

Seeing it from this side is rough, because he knows how to look for signs in victims. Sentences that don’t say anything, incomplete arguments, debating a point that wasn’t made. Panic attacks. Overreacting when certain aggressive behavior happens in their presence.

He’s not supposed to see it in himself. “I didn’t say he shot anyone. He threatened Bruce with a gun. You’ve been taught gun safety. You don’t point a gun at anyone you don’t intend to shoot because accidents happen all the time. Especially when people are upset. Especially when he’s Bruce’s friend and everyone in the city knows that Bruce Wayne saw his parents get shot to death.”