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Damian Al-Ghul does not get sick. He is the son of the Batman. Heir to the Demon’s Head. The future of the Bat mantle, the pride of his parents, the successor his brothers watch with wary admiration. He does not get sick. Not when he goes under in the Gotham harbor. Not when filthy water fills his lungs and drags him down. Not when he drags himself home, bruised and shaking. Not when the fever blooms behind his eyes the next morning. No. Because Damian Al-Ghul does not get sick. Sickness is weakness, and Damian Al-Ghul is never weak. …right? He's not sick. Not when the fever climbs, when breathing becomes a battle he can’t win alone, when the river’s infection sinks its teeth into his lungs and blood- No. He's fine. Damian Al-Ghul does not get sick. That would imply weakness. And he is an unstoppable, invincible, ten-year-old war assassin- …who maybe, possibly, hypothetically should not be coughing like that. Or swaying like that. Or unable to get up anymore. No. Because Damian Al-Ghul doesn’t get sick. (Except, apparently… Damian Wayne does. He absolutely does.)

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