Prelude
(followup to "Shellshocked")

Kent has powerful magics protecting his home; he mentally contacts Inza to tell her be on her guard. Although the other Batman is world-weary and sore, they must be prepared.

"The parents are dead," says Lord Batman. "The father a few months ago, the mother …"

" … yesterday," Kent finishes with him.

"The Lantern, he's alive in your world."

"Yes." Broken, grieving, but alive.

"It has no future in my world. In yours, it has a chance, however small. If you told him she left the egg here for safety's sake, he'd believe you."

"Yes," Kent says, in acknowledgment and acceptance.