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I want Duke to be the 'normal one' of the batfam and wayne fam
But like, its a lie, specially crafted and maintained by the Duke himself
After like settling in he noticed the rumours and decided to just double-down
In his hero persona, he acts nice, friendly, chipper, sane but like, he will not hesitate to snap a random muggers neck (possibly paralyzing them) then just fortnight dance on their barely conscious body.
Anytime a civillian catches him, he stops, comes up close to them, whispers "no one will believe you" then uses his power to disappear(people are in psch wards now) and sometimes he'll just target particular people, maybe that one dude that bullied him before he got adopted or some random criminal (he appears with only his head and just stares at them through their windows)
As a foster-wayne, he acts normal around the cameras-mostly
He will just randomly lore drop the craziest thing like
"I remember the time I attempted to cook Damian in my sleep"
and then never speak of the incident again
its even worse when someone else brings up smth weird
reporter- "sir duke is it true you once attempted to sacrifice your brother time on top of a *checks notes* plane?"
duke- "ah yes *looks directly into the camera and give the most detailed answer (as in he will give you the exact humidity of the air but conveniently does not mention how he got on top of a moving plane or survived)* it was a very funny afternoon"
It gives everyone whiplash and he loves it