My mother and sister are the ones who broke me out of prison.

[ his gaze breaks, glancing down at the cup as he tries to gather up his words. ]

They took me to my grandfather, and he said he had a plan to take care of the damage being done to the oceans and forests and I went along with it. I knew how he intended to go about it, but not what he was doing.

[ but he was an idiot for buying into it. damian was leverage - with alfred as the insurance if bruce truly hadn't cared. ]

I turned a blind eye and let him do what he wanted, I obeyed his orders, and in exchange, I got to bring someone back from the dead. [ No lies, but he's not going to get into Alfred's value to him. He's not sure he can. ] My father showed up. Broke my arm. I arrived here.

[ And that brings him up to speed on what it should have known. Not - not everything. But the Regime was an open secret at this point. Stephen had seen his dreams. ]

Do you remember how I told you I was a diplomat?