She put a hand on his shoulder, then nodded towards Katalyn, who'd passed out.

"Look at her, Bruce," she said softly. "She's a little girl, was once a young woman. And she looks up to you. She wants to help you, but in your pursuit of self perfection you would have her locked away as a vigilantee, wouldn't you? Brenda would. Because she's not perfect, and does not try to be.

"The problem with you and Brenda is that you see only one path, and are so set on sticking to it that anything else becomes intollerable, criminal. You may always strive to achieve perfection, and as a hero you should, but if you block out everything else you'll miss valuable opportunities that could benifit everybody and bring you that much closer. You are not only the Batman, any more than Brenda is only Batwoman. You have a life, under that cowl, and it would not be impossible to have aspects of that life that are also intergrated with your dream of peace."