A moment shortly after Jason’s death where I genuinely believe Bruce is experiencing some sort of ptsd flashback (Batman #452)
“Ears ringing. Covered… in blood. Baby plastic. Full of… Blood.”
“Corridor. Exploding all sides. Covered in…”
“Wet. All around me. Ears bursting.”
“Blood. Covered in…”
What gets me with this scene is that Batman doesn’t get affected by things like this to such an extreme degree. In normal circumstances he could have realized the baby was a fake and bounced back into pursuit. …But these aren’t normal circumstances. Less than a year earlier he buried his son. The baby isn’t just a baby to him now, it’s a recreation of his worst moment. The explosions, his ears ringing, the blood… This isn’t his first time experiencing these exact same sensations.
So when he goes “Come on, baby. Come on, I’m calling you…” which baby do you think he’s referring to?