[He knows that this is also unfair to Regulus. He's supposed to be looking after this boy now and all he can think about, all he can focus on, is another boy, grown into a man. But that's how it'll always be. The entire world is second to Bruce Wayne. Even Regulus, who's helped him turn his life around here by giving him someone to care for and protect takes a backseat to the specter no of a scared little boy in a dark alley.

Regulus really deserves a guardian that can make him priority one. That won't fall apart the second an adult man who can take care of himself disappears. He already knows of Bruce comes back, he won't hesitate this time. Awkward or not, he'll offer a contract, just to keep the man close.

And that's not fair to Regulus either. But the most unfair is right now. Is the fact that he's assuming about the boy trying to comfort him.]

I have though. I broke our contract. How is that not failing you. I can't be trusted. You've every right to walk out that door and find someone what'll do right by you. [The way his hand twists into the fabric of Regulus' shirt days otherwise. He doesn't want Regulus to go. If he had his way, he'd make this arrangement perminant. But it's not up to him.]