The 'family' gathers to celebrate the birth of the daughter of Barbara and Richard Grayson. She is named Cassandra, but this is not the last surprise of the night as Bruce receives a video phone call from Talia, and of course as the camera pans back he notices why she seems to be so glowing. All he can think inwardly is how did I let this happen, but whatever case was, he might now be a real father, not just a guardian or adoptive father. The conversation is brief as she claims that her father is being ever watchful of her when he is around, but of course the Lazarus Pits no longer work for him. He will start showing his age very quickly unless he finds a new host because as she relates the story, it seems Ra's Al-Ghul is body jumping now.

Each body however cannot withstand the psychological and physiological age of Ra's so he has to swap every couple of months. However this is one body he opts for if there was not a risk of the body dying like all the others so until the process is perfected he would not risk it. He understands what body she means; it means Ra's is looking to inhabit the body of his handpicked successor or worse the offspring of him and Talia.

"You really shouldn't stay given the risks to the child inside you."

"You mean our child Beloved."

"Biologically the kid is mine and yours, but not ours."

"You wound me my love."

"No more than you to me by staying at his side despite all he has done."

There is a pause before he speaks again.

"You would be welcome to stay with me if you ever feel it necessary to leave him for good."

"It is something to consider, but with his frame of mind, leaving now when I'm pregnant would push him to act faster."

"You rather wait until the kid is out and him taking the boy or the girl from you?"

"No, I'm just not willing to risk it yet."

"How many more bizarre and deadly plots will it take to convince you?"

"Forgive me, but I believe I am… what is it called to feel sick in the morning?"

"Morning sickness is the phrase I believe."

The message ends as Talia heads towards a bathroom and Bruce turns around to see Dick standing there with a raised eyebrow. Bruce tries to shrug it off, but his 'older son' knows him too well that gesture to work anymore. He tells him that Talia is pregnant, he is not sure of the paternity, but Talia claims he is the father. Dick knowing that Talia had been in town a few months ago asks if they did it, and Bruce admits he did, sure it was not the smartest thing with her being the daughter of a perennial enemy, but these things happen in real life, well maybe.

"You realize what Ra's would do with a child of you and his daughter?"

"Yes I have some disenchanting notions in mind."

"Of course, it probably hit you when you saw the bump."

"Something like that, I told her she should get out of there as soon as possible."

"Good idea, but knowing her, she is probably stubborn, she was never one to consciously 'betray' or 'deceive' her father."

"No she is not, but I have some fears about whatever Ra's is planning."

"I mean between him using the pits to cleanse the surface and before that with Crane's toxins, how does he never run out of ideas?"

"He is a dedicated and determined individual like me except unlike me he is willing to do anything, I just gave unspoken consent to what happen to the Rogues."

"Speaking of them, I dropped by Arkham, they all seem about the same as ever, brains functioning, but that spark, the thing that made them what they were as criminals, it is still just as gone."

"Has Vic found out anything else about Cadmus?"

"Other than them being a secretive organization that does not officially exist, there are multiple projects and fronts in use for deterrents, possibly weapons against costumes, alien, meta, or otherwise."

"There is also no visible unification beyond street crime, it would almost seem by us not in costumes, there are no costumed villains, but that's a bold presumption for me."

"So how does it feel to be a father?"

"Now I'll have someone else to worry about, even when I'm sleeping."

"I know the feeling from when you were younger and the same goes for Tim."

Helena and Dinah enter looking for Dick because Barbara wants him in there with her and the baby. It had been a long night, but a rewarding one with the arrival of one Cassandra Grayson. He recalls some of his earliest conversations with Ra's especially ones about personality traits that he fervently believed that criminals will not share; in fact they probably would exploit it. There would always be things that Ra's was right about, but there would also be plenty to be wrong about too. He follows Helena and Dinah back to where the happy parents are dotting on their baby girl. Alfred's hand rests on his shoulder then he notes his old former butler wiping tears away.

"It is a happy moment for them."

"Yes it is indeed."

"I'm sorry about all the things that broke up this family."

"I know you are, but while all is never forgotten, some things can still be forgiven."

"It is the only way to move on, the only way to enjoy a moment like this."

"Rightly so…"

A/N: Naming their daughter Cassandra was slightly intentional because Cassandra Cain was one of the other Batgirls. As for Talia being pregnant, this is where the Lords reality might see its own version of Damien. It is again an alternate reality.