"You can identify with someone and still have to crush them."

Batman has basically been the worst dad ever and as much as Damien is trying to hold in his hurt about his awful parentage, this volume really shows how impacted he is.

Damien truly has created his own little family in Goliath, Titus, Pennyworth, Maya, and Batcow (yes, Batcow is back). He really wants his nuclear family to be a thing but it's clear in the book that it's just not possible. The last story is kind of heartbreaking, really.