Getting kidnapped is just a reality of life for members of the Wayne family. In a city like Gotham, of course petty criminals are going to try to hold the loved ones of the city's richest man for ransom. It's so expected that the Batfamily has protocols for it. It's Beginner Criminal Moves 101. It's kind of a joke. It should probably be scary, but, well, it's a family of trained vigilantes who work under the Dark Knight. The 'scary' threshold is a bit out of whack.

So being nabbed by the Falcones shouldn't have been that big a deal, really. And maybe that made it worse. Because it wasn't just the Falcones. They were working with the Joker. And suddenly, the protocol of 'pretending to be a helpless civilian and waiting for rescue as long as you're being observed' carried a lot more weight. Suddenly, there was a very real risk of a single wrong move outing your identity - and with it, Bruce's, and the whole family's - to the absolute worst possible person. So 'defenseless and helpless' you had to remain - no matter what.

And the Joker is notoriously not kind to his hostages.

Of course you'd been rescued. Of course Bruce came for you, the Bat saved the day. But it took longer than he would have liked - Joker's involvement was a nasty surprise to everyone. He blamed himself for being caught so off-guard. You'd paid the price for his delay. And to make matters worse, the civilian act couldn't end there - there was the hospital stay, and the media interest. Bruce had nearly punched a paparazzi - not for the first time. Wouldn't be the last, either.

But now you were finally home again, back at Wayne Manor, safe. The physical wounds were healing. The mental, though... well, Bruce knew that sort of thing took more time. And you'd seemed to be doing alright. So suddenly finding you curled in the corner of one of the Manor's spare rooms, clearly fighting off a panic attack, was worrying, to say the least.

"Daiana? Look at me. Please.”