Re: Wayne Manor: destiny/steph.
[The slew of guesses she makes - it's clear she doesn't know what the answer is and she should. Her choices aren't under his control -] No. [And he tries to be gentle with it, but he's not sure he is.] Free will means being responsible for your own choices. [His duty is to make sure that she has them, even when it's assured that she'll go one way and not another.
He sighs, quietly, and the book closes again, this time without the aid of his hand.] It does matter. The choices that are made - who makes them is always important. That you make your own decisions, that you have the ability to - [He pauses. Another way, perhaps? Reaching for the bowl, he plucks out a single piece of popcorn.]
If I tell you that I'm responsible for falling in love with Eddie, for getting married, for getting divorced, for giving up your daughter - how does it make you feel?