Diana bit her lip and shifted to the right, not sure what more to do. Hawkgirl crossed her arms and gave her a glare, hoping that it still had the same impact.

"Just leave already! I'll be fine," she snapped. Shayera knew that she was only taking her anger out on the Princess because she was the closest target. It wasn't fair and she'd probably feel guilty later on, but right now all she wanted to be was alone.

She could almost feel the mixed waves of irritation and sympathy radiating from Wonder Woman as she stood up and left the room without another word. Just because she goes out of her way to treat others with kindness all the time doesn't mean that everyone else should be expected to too, she thought uncharitably.

Then she forced her hands to unclench and her muscles to relax. Diana had just given her the full story on the fight – and how it came to be that she was blinded. They had been fighting Luthor and several of his cohorts, including Star Sapphire. Shayera had lunged at a thug, only to have her vision suddenly explode into a bright white before she passed out from a blow to the head a second later.

Wonder Woman told her that Batman had thrown one of his exploding light pellets at the thug she was lunging at. He hadn't expected her to move when she did and was unable to check his throw. Her mace had connected with the pellet and the electricity had made it explode with much greater intensity than normal.

It was this flash that had blinded her and it was the rock she landed on as she fell, stunned, that caused her to pass out.

Diana had gone on to say that Batman had been extremely touchy ever since and hadn't let anybody but J'onn help him with her while she had been unconscious. Nobody had known until last night when she woke up so dramatically for the first time that she had suffered any real damage from the accident.

The Princess paused for a moment before saying that the Dark Knight had only told the rest of them that she had been distraught when she had come to consciousness, obviously waiting to see if Shayera would expand on that statement.

Hawkgirl didn't feel so inclined.

She was angry, of course, but it was a general anger. It wouldn't be fair to blame everything on Batman – she had been the one to move without warning and break from the pattern of attack. Part of it was her fault. He hadn't intended to hurt her – but he had and she knew that it was going to take a little time before she forgave him.

Well… it certainly put the night before into a different light.

Ten minutes later, the door quietly swished open once more, but the person didn't come any further into the room and the door didn't close. Shayera heard the metallic clink on a heavy object being set on the floor. A moment or two of rummaging and then she heard a click and smelled the hot tang of a soldering tool.

The soft hiss of a cape brushing against the floor confirmed her suspicions. Batman had come to fix the door panel.

Her temper flared up. He had to know what she was feeling… How dare he come in here so soon! Hawkgirl wanted to throw something at him, but she knew it wouldn't do any good and it might mess up whatever he was doing with the electronics.

It was five minutes before she heard the snap of the plastic being set back into place and then the room went perfectly silent.

There was a sudden metallic tinkling close to her right and she scowled in the direction. Then she heard a rumble as something heavy was rolled closer to her bed.

Batman spoke up from her left. "I'm going to try and assess what's wrong now. If you'd just look straight ahead and try not to blink…" He trailed off as she did as she was told.

Shayera stopped herself from flinching as he touched her cheek lightly to adjust the level of her head slightly. There was another click and then the sound of electronics powering up and then she was suddenly recoiling, hands up, instinctively readying herself for another punch.

But it wasn't a punch that had caused the lancing pain through her head. Feeling slightly stupid for her reaction, she heard Batman asking her for the second time, "What happened?"

She shook her head, wiping the water from her eyes. "It… hurt?" It came out as a question – her anger gone in the face of the hope that she was trying to hold back in case it meant nothing.

"Yes," he was obviously being more verbose for her benefit as he knew she couldn't see the slight nod he usually gave – but he managed to convey the same image by the way he said the words. "That means that there are some nerves still functioning. Did you see anything? Any burst of light?"

The bubble popped. "No."

There was the sound of his cape slipping over the tiles. "I've never studied your eyes. They differ on several levels from a human's and I'm going to have to do a little more research before I can run a more thorough test."

She just nodded as the sound of the cape was masked by the sound of the door opening and closing.

And then she was alone once more.

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Batman kept his face perfectly motionless as he swept through the main room of the Tower, making his way swiftly towards the teleportation units. Superman looked up at him as he passed, trying to catch his eye.

The Dark Knight knew what he would say. He'd try and have a "talk" and tell him that he wasn't to blame.

It was better to keep walking and head straight for the cave. He had several ideas he needed to look into and he didn't need distractions from the rest of the League. They should be focusing their sympathies on Hawkgirl…

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From one of the levels above, Wonder Woman watched the shadowy figure glide past and frowned. She had a feeling that not everybody injured in the accident was in the Tower's sickbay…