At first glance, Red Hood's words sounded fine, and they were a step down for Damian. However, the reason why Thomas, Martha, and Bruce frowned at the same time was actually because they all discovered the social education ratio of the original Bat family. What they imagined was even more lacking.
Damian's request for a seat from Nightwing is more like an all-round provocation to authority. First, Nightwing is older than him. Secondly, Nightwing is the leader of the outsider group. Thirdly, Nightwing also assumes more responsibility for taking care of others in this family than Damian, and the time of sitting down is the least important point.
This means that both Damian and the Red Hood are completely unaware of what is happening on the field, do not understand normal social rules, do not understand social codes, and cannot even feel the emotions output by others.
I believe that many people will feel very broken when they encounter the kind of person who blindly does what is asked of him without paying the price, who expresses his emotions regardless of the occasion, and who thinks that everyone should just tolerate him and follow his ideas.
Many times, this kind of person does not spread malice, but the lack of social education prevents him from knowing how to find his own position and influence other people in the group in a rational way, so he can only export emotions, which looks like a bad move. .
Damian actually felt that he should sit closer to Thomas, because he felt closer to Thomas, but he had no idea how to use this reason to impress others. He could only ask blindly, or find something that sounded very good. Ridiculously lame reasons.
Nightwing had not stayed in the manor for a few days before, and it was the younger Dick who was close to Elsa, not him, but Damian just found a reason that made no sense at all without any psychological scruples. , and even firmly believe that this reason can impress the other party.
Social habits and thinking are established through gradual exploration in society, and Damian's behavior means that he should not have explored at all.
Finally, under the watchful eyes of Thomas, Martha and Bruce, Damian walked to the seat at the end, and throughout the meal, he just kept inserting his fork into the vegetables on the plate. The face does not speak.
He felt aggrieved in his heart. He didn't know why he was suddenly so far away from the people closest to him, almost invisible, and the way he vented his emotions was to go to trouble Ye Yi after breakfast. .
This series of operations looks too much like a naughty child, but fortunately, Martha, who grew up in the Kane family, had similar confusion when she was young. Why did instinct and rules conflict? But she can only obey the rules? Why does her family say they love her but never compromise on some things?
After Damian had a fight with Nightwing in the back garden and beat himself to a pulp, Martha sat on the front steps and called him over, hugged him to comfort him, and then asked him why he did this.
People are more likely to break down emotionally when facing their mothers, because there is less antagonism between mother and child, and no one has to resist their mother's love like they resist their father's authority, at least in front of Martha.
Damian only lasted about thirty seconds before he started to complain to Martha nonstop, but he still didn't realize what the problem was. He was still saying that Nightwing was unwilling to give up his seat to him, and Red Hood said that he got up late. But he obviously got up very early just to be pestered by Aisha and so on.
After Martha listened patiently, she began to explain to him bit by bit why he couldn't ask Nightwing to give up his seat in a commanding tone, why they should sit according to their seats instead of sitting randomly, and even why this Most social situations in society are actually an enlarged version of finding a seat.
In the next few days, Martha, Bruce and even Thomas worked tirelessly to deal with the trivial frictions arising from these complex social relationships, and these ignorant lambs also learned how to accept the kindness of others while constantly hitting walls. The influence of abandoning the bad, and at the same time how to use one's position to influence others.
All Robins are smart, without exception, and what's special is that the members of the Bat-Family are great at learning by doing, and within a few days they begin to understand how Wayne Manor works.
Damian finally learned that if he wanted to sit next to Thomas the next day, he had to first go to Thomas to ask him for permission, then go to Alfred to add a chair, and finally go to find a doll to place opposite Elsa. Prevent her from chewing the plate sadly.
And Nightwing finally learned to show his dignity when facing all those over whom he could exercise power, to restrain them from causing trouble, instead of rushing to clean up the mess after they caused trouble, and then making a mess of his own life.
But this is not the end. After exploring their personal positioning, they began to form groups. They were divided into different small groups according to age, familiarity, and activity time. Groups and groups had to find their own positioning, and at the same time, various groups emerged. communication and friction.
In addition to the big and small Robins, the representative group also formed the group of Harley, Jason, Elsa and Damian who were looking for black diamonds before. It is also the first group to mix the big and small Robins, and they want to work together. The two Dick's groups who went to ballet class, the group who also learned anatomy topics from Bruce, and the group of Nightwing, Dick, Red Hood, and Elsa who needed to go out for a ride every night.
They begin to learn how to balance their status in small groups, and use this to consolidate their position in the larger society, deal with the contradictions caused by conflicts between preferences and rules, and decide how much to sacrifice their individuality for the group, thereby gaining a clearer self-understanding. and a more stable personality.
When Bruce said this, both Gordon and Barbara looked at him, and Gordon said: "Isn't this a good thing? This is a rare educational opportunity, and it doesn't even require any effort on your part."
Barbara also sighed and said: "Thank God, they can finally learn to be more mature. You don't know that when we were in the Batcave, a trivial matter could turn into a world war. Everyone was so childish. Sometimes I complain that Batman should really take care of them."
"But now it seems that just taking care of Batman is of no use." Barbara pursed her lips and said, "What's more, he doesn't have much time to take care of it."
"If it went so well, why did you come here?" Gordon asked again.
Bruce sighed deeply and said: "After they continued to work together, they finally realized that everyone in Wayne Manor is a community of interests, and they should unite to fight for the status of this group."
"Isn't this nice?"
"So where do you think they plan to fight for status?"
Gordon looked at Bruce with wide eyes and said, "Could it be the whole Gotham?"
"Congratulations, you got the answer right." Bruce stretched out his hand to cover his eyes and said, "All the children united and started fighting crime in Gotham."
Gordon opened his mouth, thought for a while and then said: "Although I don't agree with letting such young children wander around Gotham, at least their hearts are good. Who can dream of fighting crime and upholding justice? You haven’t, right? Batman?”
"You don't think they are rushing up to fight with the criminals, do you?"
"Isn't it?"
"They can do it by themselves, so why should they unite?"
Looking at Gordon's confused expression, Bruce said helplessly: "They are not a team, but a gang. God knows what they have learned recently! They don't want to save Gotham, but they want to dominate Gotham!"
Bruce put one hand on the table and started counting on his fingers: "One day, after Dick had finished ballet class, instead of taking the car home, he ran back home from the rooftop. On the way, he saw the Gotham train. There is a newly gathered restaurant, snack street and goods street near the station.”
"He originally took several other children there to eat and drink, but Damian somehow found out the business secrets of one of the stall owners. It turned out that the vendor knew in advance that Gotham was going to hold a grand music festival. , there will definitely be a lot of out-of-towners by then, so it definitely won’t be a loss to grab a stall near the train station in advance.”
"Damian immediately felt that he had found the capital to make the business prosperous, so he encouraged Jason to book a stall with him so that he could sell goods here. Jason felt that they should make money together, so he found the original Let the members of the Children’s Gang buy some popular commodities and sell them in the streets here.”
"But setting up a stall in Gotham requires the approval of gangsters. The gangsters there had never seen a few of them and thought they were here to cause trouble. A conflict broke out between the two parties. As a result, Nightwing led several other older children to take them They were all beaten down."
"At this time, Red Robin discovered that there was no way to make more money by setting up stalls in person than by sitting behind the scenes and taking commissions, so they replaced the original gangsters and began to collect threshold fees from all stallholders. Then they discovered that the two gangsters next door The ground is also very good, and it is particularly suitable to be connected to the area they control to form a large market.”
"I don't know what Red Hood was thinking. After others found out the headquarters of the two gangs, he threw Aisha into the opponent's weapons arsenal and ate all their weapons. So the two gangs Without a fight, they took over the two largest pieces of land near the train station that were suitable for setting up stalls.”
"And Damian didn't know how he learned the art of laundering without a teacher. He asked Tim to write a letter to the Gotham City Government, claiming that they were going to launch the 'King of Gotham Music' near the train station. Festival Cultural Exhibition Activity', packaging the three streets and a square near the train station into a shopping street cloaked in a music and culture exhibition."
"All of them play several roles and write letters to the city government. Some play the role of a down-and-out artist who wants to exhibit his paintings, some play the role of a wandering musician who wants to perform in residence, and some play the role of someone who begs for a stall but cannot. Small vendors, some acting as peripheral product customizers who can ship in bulk, acted out a scene where cultural activities are inevitable and booths are in short supply.”
"That idiot Roy was really fooled. It wasn't until he came to me and asked Wayne Group if they wanted to invest in this cultural event that I realized that the handwriting on the letter he brought was extremely familiar. How familiar was it? Hundreds of letters written by these little bastards."
"In less than a week, they have already defrauded more than 20 million US dollars in investment, 80% of which was invested by Gotham gangsters."
“They drew more than twenty street scenes and cultural posters of Gotham, took more than two hundred real-life photos, and built an official website to put them all up. After they were completed, they became popular on the Internet within a week. , with more than 400,000 views and more than 30,000 reservations.”
"The press tickets for six East Coast TV stations have been booked, including Clark Kent. My stupid reporter friend also wanted me to provide him with a tour suggestion in advance. Even the Amazon Princess Diana said She wants to come over to learn from advanced tourism development experience, and also asked me to organize a banquet so that she can meet Gotham’s talented curators.”
Gordon covered his eyes, and Bruce sighed again, then lowered his gaze on Barbara's face and said.
"Now, Miss Gordon, you have a new task, which is to get an additional $20 million in addition to the investment in the music festival and find a way to run this cultural showcase - it is still almost a wasteland. "
Barbara slapped her on the forehead.
Friends, if you find a missing symbol at the end of a sentence, it’s probably a sign of theft. There’s no need to correct the error. The author can’t change it.
(End of chapter)
