A Carefully Chosen Half-Truth
Damian Wayne did not lie outright.
He told a version of the truth that the world could survive.
The Official Story
It began the day Damian finally spoke—calm, direct, and without drama—before the Justice League, the Watchtower recording systems, and the agencies listening from the shadows.
"After I left the League of Assassins, I found an artifact."
Every word after that was deliberate.
Damian explained that during his time away from Gotham, he had discovered two anomalous fruits, unlike anything native to Earth. He called them Devil Fruits—objects that rewrote the rules of biology and physics when consumed.
He admitted to eating the first.
The Mera Mera no Mi
A fruit that granted him control over fire itself—generation, manipulation, and immunity.
That, he said, was the source of his own abilities.
The League accepted this with unease… but not disbelief.
They had seen stranger things.
Then Damian revealed the second fruit.
"I didn't want it."
He said he hid it for safekeeping, uncertain of its consequences. Over the next six months, he analyzed the heroes of the Justice League, Young Justice, and the Titans—not as enemies, but as candidates.
He studied:
Physical durability
Mental stability
Emotional restraint
Moral responsibility under extreme power
Because the second fruit was far worse.
The Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit)
A Devil Fruit capable of generating vibrations so powerful they could:
Fracture the air itself
Trigger earthquakes and tsunamis
Shatter cities with shockwaves
A power that could break the world if mishandled.
And so, Damian chose Superboy.
Not because he was the strongest.
But because he was the one most capable of holding back.
What the World Believed
The story spread fast.
Governments, intelligence agencies, and meta-human divisions locked onto the same conclusion:
Damian Wayne found two Devil Fruits
He consumed one
He deliberately refused the second
After months of evaluation, he entrusted it to Superboy
Amanda Waller accepted the explanation immediately.
It fit her models.
It fit her fear.
"The kid's dangerous," she said.
"But at least he's selective."
To her, Damian wasn't hoarding power—he was distributing risk.
And that made him predictable.
What The Light Understood
Lex Luthor was not convinced.
He watched the footage again.
And again.
The moment Superboy consumed the fruit.
The moment the android failed to replicate his power.
The way Damian never once displayed even a hint of seismic resonance himself.
Lex leaned back in his chair, steepling his fingers.
"No," he said quietly.
"That's not restraint."
The others listened.
Lex continued.
"If Wayne wanted the power, he would have taken it.
This isn't about choice."
Clarion tilted his head.
Vandal Savage narrowed his eyes.
Lex finished his thought.
"A single body can only handle one Devil Fruit."
Silence followed.
Not because they doubted him—
—but because the implication was terrifying.
If true, then Damian hadn't given the power away out of morality.
He had done it out of necessity.
Which meant:
Devil Fruits were limited per user
Damian knew this long before anyone else
And there might be more out there
Hidden.
Waiting.
"The boy isn't generous," Lex concluded.
"He's efficient."
Two Truths, One Reality
The world believed Damian Wayne was a cautious prodigy who chose not to wield too much power.
The Light believed he was something far more dangerous—
A strategist who understood the rules of an unknown system long before anyone else.
Both were correct.
And neither understood just how deep the lie truly went.