Hmmmmmm, wasn't very nice seeing Bruce's double standards in this issue.
Damien basically murders Nobody in cold blood in front of him and Bruce goes on to ignore the fact.
I understand that Damien is his son but the kid straight up murdered someone and Bruce knows that he has psychopathic tendencies.
But all he does is give his son a pep talk about how Nobody's murder will likely stay with his son and that he needs to work on being a better person.
I mean WTF!!!!!!!! Batman has always had a zero tolerance policy when it comes to killing. A yet his 10 year old son murders someone in front of him, they have a little chat about it and then carry on as normal.

Boy, wonder where this is going...

This was either disgusting or disturbing handling of Batman's aftermath reaction. Haven't decided yet. It depends whether/how Bruce rationalizes and/or justifies the outrageous hypocrisy of giving a mere 'pep talk' to his son, for killing a criminal, instead of a trial. And it depends if this balancing of justice happens NEXT ISSUE or not. It better. Bruce's decision may just be attempt at a shocking start to a character-defining, dark (night) secret - similar to the one where Superman killed those Phantom Zoners in Byrne's post-COIE revamp; but if that's the case (or not), the not-so-tough love Damian got here was a disappointing read because of that 'double standard' you note.

Seriously, you guys want Bruce to what? Lock his 10 year old son up? Send him to Arkham? This is different than Jason Todd killing a crack-head abuser diplomat son who flaunted the law. Robin killed a man who vowed to kill his father. Robin didn't have to kill him, but he did because he was afraid someone was going to take his father away from him. That's gotta touch a cord with Bruce.

Unlike the rest of the Robins, Damien's only father is Bruce. If he were to go away now, Damien has no one else.

This doesn't condone what Robin has done. He did kill others in the past in brutal ways. But this is different than before. This is done out of fear of losing someone, not out of a feeling of superiority.

I don't know. It made sense to me in how Bruce Handled it...with a compassion and understanding that he didn't have before.

- l.k.