You ever think about how often Bruce goes to introduce a vigilante/anti-hero/ex or current villain to the League and ends up revealing too much about his taste in partners?
He's like, this is Ghostmaker/Catwoman/insert love interests here, they occasionally do bad things. But currently they're on an upswing so we're trying out not doing the bad things.
And someone *cough*Hal*cough* goes to make an exes joke and the uncomfortable silence is far more telling than literally any information the Bat has ever offered up in a meeting.
Hal: Oh, he does crime sometimes? Does he occasionally do you too?
Bruce:.....
Minhkhoa: Cackling, in tears behind the mask
Hal: is this why you turned me down? Is it the lack of crime? I CAN change that you know
[ID: Bruce Wayne and Minhkhoa Khan fighting in the snow. Minhkhoa kicks Bruce in the chest as his dialogue has been edited to be a post by @/electrificata. The post reads: “i am NOT gaslighting you. i am lying to you. gaslighting implies a level of effort that i am simply not putting in. deceiving you does not require much”. END ID]