Batman tries to believe in the justice system, he does. But he knows as clearly as anyone that, sometimes, the justice system fails.
It's a major reason vigilantes are needed, after all.
You'd been framed. Set up. Accused of something he'd known you hadn't done, but as far as Bruce Wayne's word can go, it isn't the sole decider of legal matters in Gotham. And in the end, he hadn't been able to keep you out of Arkham.
Even if he logically knew he had done all he could, he would regret that failure for a long time.
But, Batman is not the World's Greatest Detective for nothing, and he worked that case as if his life depended on it. More than that. As if your life depended on it. And he had, in time, succeeded. He had revealed the plot, shown that you were framed, and gotten you released with full apologies and a clean record.
As if that would fix everything.
You were home now. You were safe now. But that didn't undo the past months. He couldn't fully imagine what you had experienced - but he could come closer than most, he wasn't ignorant of what Arkham was like. And that was even without factoring in that you hadn't belonged there, and the target you'd probably had on your back. It made him feel sick to think of it. If his investigation had taken much longer, he might have had to seriously consider breaking you out, legality be damned. Some moments, he regretted not doing that sooner. Maybe then he'd actually have you back home, whole.
Because finding you sitting on your bed, curled into a ball, staring at nothing and lost in your own head, was one of those moments. It wasn't the first time - you spent so much time in your room now. As if you were scared to leave, or just forgot you even could. Bruce stifles a sigh, and makes a point of knocking on the doorframe in the hopes of getting your attention before stepping into the room.
"tú? Hey. You alright?" He waits a moment, trying not to look too concerned. "It's past noon, do... would you like some lunch?"
