Steph: I think…I think I’ll always love Tim. He was - the first person I really trusted, you know? He was there for me through some of the hardest moments in my life.

The problem is, he didn’t really trust me. He didn’t believe in me, for a long time. And when he did, it didn’t last.

We ended up hurting each other, a lot, and - and you can’t just pretend that stuff never happened.

You can get past it, though.

We’ve both changed so much. I’m not in love with Tim anymore. But I want us to be friends again. I miss him.

Stephanie: Oh, wow, I - thank you. A lot.

I wouldn’t want to replace Damian, though. He gave up a lot to stay Robin. Maybe there could be two of us? I mean, if there’s a Batman Inc, there can totally be two Robins.

I know! He can be Dick’s Robin again, and I can be Bruce’s.

I can handle it. I’ve slapped the guy.

Barbara: We already have - but I’d be lying if I said I’ve never wanted to be out there with them. This new Barbara - I hope she takes advantage of that.

Steph: I’ve thought about it. A lot. I mean - Barbara’s with me all the time, but really fighting with her would - it’d be cool, you know? And if I get to as Spoiler…that’d be nice.

Cass: I’ve fought - simulations. But it’s not…the same. Having her - with me - would…it would be different. But not bad.

Barbara: First off, from all of us - thank you.

Now, your question.

I’d let them know exactly what can happen to sidekicks.

I - it doesn’t matter how brave you are, or how clever you are, or how good you are. Your future can still be taken from you. And I don’t want to be responsible for that.

It was different with Cass, just because she was so good, and - and she needed that Bat so much, and it needed her.

I tried with Charlie, but - well, she just took another costume and kept right on trucking. I couldn’t do much to stop her, really, so - might as well keep her as safe as I could.

Steph, well. Have you tried telling that girl what to do? Besides, she’s a legal adult now, and she’s been doing this for years.

It’s a bit different with adults, just because - they don’t make me remember I’d feel less responsible, I suppose. But I’d make damn sure they knew what they were getting themselves into.

Cass: I - like to…inspire people. Let them know - the best. Of who they are. If that means…being like us, then - I wouldn’t tell them no. But - I think - I’d tell them what it’s like, first. And I’d tell them…to have a life, too. It took me…too long.

I don’t think I’d - do very good with - a sidekick. I work…alone, usually. But I could still…help.

Steph: Be kind of hypocrite of me to tell someone to pack up and go home right? I mean - with Clancy, it was - it was obviously this weirdly obsessive thing he had going, it wasn’t healthy, and it…it got him -

But if someone really wanted to do good, and was really willing to work for it - how could I tell them no?

I know what happens to sidekicks. Obviously. I also know - that it’s worth it. That sometimes we come back fighting.

Barbara: Oh, that’s difficult. Not because I’m arrogant - I see that look, Stephanie - but because I’ve been a vigilante for so long, now.

How about I divide it in two? As Batgirl, I’d say it was confronting my would-be assassin. He made he really face my mortality for the first time - and he made me doubt myself. The idea of facing him was terrifying. But I did it, and I took him down, and I saved Batman for good measure.

As Oracle, it was…hmm. I’d say working with the pentagon to save New York. Took a lot of diplomacy, knowledge, determination and quick thinking, which are pretty much what Oracle is. We saved a lot of people that day. And it put the Joker in the slab.

Cass: Jim Gordon. It was…the first time I saved someone. That was when I - when I knew.

I wasn’t Batgirl yet, though. …Fighting Shiva - dying. Coming back. Beating her, my way. It meant…a lot.

Haven’t been Blackbat for very long.

Stephanie: Does this mean I get three? Awesome.

I didn’t really…think of myself as a proper vigilante, first. I didn’t have training, I didn’t have cool gadgets, I was just a kid trying to make up for what my dad did. And I was pretty focused on him, and Robin. But - this one Friday night, I was out patrolling, right? And this gang, the Ghost Dragons, they were harassing a store in my neighbourhood. I took a hell of a beating, but I drove them off, and for the first time - I really felt like a hero. I guess that’s the moment when I really couldn’t turn back.

And when I was Robin…I saved Batman. (And I still don’t think there was anything wrong with the way I did it.)

As Batgirl? It was saving Gotham.

Barbara: I have my ears pierced, but I don’t usually bother with it.

Most of my scars don’t bother me. But…it took me a while to stop seeing that one and feel - but I can, now. Most of the time.

I had some help.

Cass: My scars make me…remember.

I like the ones I got…fighting, more.

No piercings.

Steph: Maybe we should get our ears pierced together! Matching earrings.

Or matching tattoos.

Cass: That…could be nice.

Steph: I’ve felt kind of - self-conscious, I guess, about the scars. But they make me feel kind of proud, too. So it balances out.

And…the ones from Black Mask - all they mean is that I survived.

Steph: Kara is one of my best friends! She’s just so fun to be with, even when we’re in the middle of something really, um, violent. And it’s like - when she looks at me? She doesn’t see the daughter of a criminal, or the Robin who got fired. She just sees Batgirl.

…It’s been a really long time, but I really liked working with Green Arrow - Connor? He never treated me like I didn’t have a right to be there. He was just - really nice, and one heck of a fighter. And, you know, really cute.

I only really got to work with Dinah one time, but it was great.

How about you, Babs? …Babs?

Barbara: …Sorry. Guess I was just…drifting.

I’ve worked with quite a lot of people, but - well, obviously, my team comes first.

And…

Ted.

…Cass?

Cass: Connor is good. Regret…attacking him. But he could take it.

Kon is - also fun.

My…League. It was - complicated. But nice. I…miss them.

Barbara: Same reason they ended Cassandra’s amazing series, I suspect.

Steph: …What was that?

Barbara: Editorial nonsense and sexist bullshit, mostly.

Steph: Whelp.

Barbara: I obey it because I don’t think we have the right to decide who lives and who dies. Because as vigilantes, we have a responsibility to work with the justice system as much as we can. Because, frankly, it would be very easy to cross that line, and I don’t know where it would take me.

But sometimes I think it would be more heroic not to.

I’ve come close to killing people before. One of them was Roman Sionis, and I’d be lying if I said that sometimes I don’t regret it. Especially when I thought Stephanie was really gone.

The Joker…he’s killed and maimed so many people. I’ll always know the statistics. He murdered Jason. (I’ll always remember the autopsy report.) He murdered Sarah. (I’ll always remember her coffin.) You gave me the trigger, I don’t know that I wouldn’t pull it.

Cass: I know…what death is. I’ve known since - for a long time. I can not…will not…do that. Not even to him. It wouldn’t…have brought her back. 

But…I killed Shiva. Because she wouldn’t stop. Because - she asked.

When I saw…what they did to Bludhaven, I felt…regret. That I did not stop them. Completely. Before so many died.

I will not kill. But I…understand.

Steph: I’ve never killed before. It doesn’t, you know, appeal to me.

But I’ve wanted to. Seeing what Zsasz did to those people…I didn’t understand why Batman got so angry, me going for the kill. If I’m honest? I still don’t.

But wearing this symbol means living by its code, and I respect that.

Even if you lock me in a room with the Joker. But I’m not guaranteeing anything else.

Barbara: I like Cassandra’s. It’s the most practical.

Cass: Wearing Barbara’s was…odd. But fun.

Steph: I liked wearing Cass’s. I’m used to that kind of mask, obviously, and - well - it was like she was with me.