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A Thunderous Encounter

"It's the least I can do to look after them, that's for sure. My responsibilities as a Father exceeds any kind of caution"

"Responsibilities..." Bruce repeated under his breath

"I have two daughters here, whom I treasure so. That day that I made love to their mother was everything I needed, especially when it bore fruits and gave us our daughters—" The old man began

"But unfortunately, my responsibilities caught up to me and got in the way. The only thing that seemed right to me was merely just an illusion. And so I had to leave them behind..."

Bruce was listening closely to his story, for some reason he was deeply interested.

"So you chose your responsibilities over them?" He asked

"Its way too complicated, son" The old man responded

"When lived a day of being me, you'd understand"

The old man then turns to Bruce

"Say son, how old are you?"

"28"

"Oho, got a wife?" he asked

"none to be frank."

"Hah, what's wrong? You're not interested or something?" The old man jested in a mocking way

Bruce's lips forms into a smirk as he uttered

"Let's just say we are of the same boat old man, responsibilities also keeping me from having such life. There are just so many things far greater at stake than settling down"

The old man bursts into laughter upon hearing this. He never expected Bruce himself to have such a dilemma similar to his

"You're in a tough spot then kid; your choices will surely deteriorate the future." The old man stated "

"Trust me, I've been there"

"Well, it is what it is..." Bruce responded slowly

"Bruce Wayne huh, the most eligible bachelor of all Gotham. The man of your very own empire and is quite the hit with the ladies." The old man narrated

"I didn't know I was also quite famous from where you are from" Bruce responded

The old man then stood up to his feet and stretched his back. His white hair and beard were now more exposed upon doing so

"Hah, you most definitely aren't. I looked you up myself" he stated with a chuckle

Bruce wasn't expecting this response whatsoever as his attention was solely on the man himself

"I know quite a lot about you son. Tragic past, troubled life and also—"

The old man turned to Bruce, revealing more of his pure white eyes with no pupils whatsoever

"An alter ego that nobody suspects you to have." He revealed

Bruce stood up instantly, with no hesitations whatsoever

"Who are you?" he asked in a stern voice

"Oho, now you're interested" The old man responded with a laugh

"You're quite the cunning type, Bruce. I like that"

Suddenly a dark formation of clouds gathered up in one place as the sunlight from the sky suddenly faded.

"I'll be seeing you around son, take good care of my daughters" the old man stated

All of a sudden, a loud lightning struck upon the old man. It was so fast that Bruce didn't really have the chance to react or save him. The last thing he saw were his eyes glowing amidst the sudden darkness

After a few seconds of being blinded, the old man was now nowhere to be found for some peculiar reason

Being Batman, Bruce sure had seen lots of crazy stuff already on his time, but that particular scenario definitely was something else. Whoever that old man is, he knew much about him and his alter ego, which means he is officially compromised

There was definitely something with that old man, especially with the whole lightning thing. He did mention something about her daughters and such which he can use to gain some intel in the future on who he is

He also mentioned something about his life and how it affected him, how he chose responsibilities and other affairs than what he truly wants. Bruce could relate to that somehow

But for now, it doesn't seem like he's gonna be someone to worry about. And so Bruce went back inside of his building with the peculiar scene lingering in his thoughts that he just witnessed