"You want this child."

Shayera shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I suppose I've always wanted to be a mother."

Batman clicked a few keys on the computer, and the screen zoomed in on her son's face.

"Then you have work to do," he said bluntly.

"Excuse me?"

"It's in our best interest if you have Rex."

"You make it sound like a business transaction. But then again, that doesn't surprise me. I have to remember who I'm talking to."

He didn't look at her.

"John's with Mari. Remember? I lost… But, I'll bite. What do you have in mind?"