

What's more is that it is a message that's presented in a way that doesn't demonise emotion as an exclusively feminine trait that takes a way a man's masculinity. That is a very powerful message that acknowledges it's perfectly okay for a man to desire other things in life than his one 'hobby,' including love. In particular, he acknowledges that doesn't want to spend the rest of his life alone and without any love. He started thinking about how his behaviour in the last 15 years has pushed some of the most important people in his life away, and has especially come to the realisation that-despite what he has believed for years-he does value human relationships. The story establishes how many years have passed since he first took on the mantle of Batman, and how much he has personally grown since that time. The story briefly explores who Bruce Wayne was at the start of his Batman career, and it focuses the remainder of the story on the point in his life where he realised this isn't what he wanted to be for the rest of his life.
