X was right, it was hard to look at him and connect him to the grisly murders of the last few days. But the thing was, Nightwing was used to that. Sure there were the freaks like Two-Face, Clayface, Killer Croc, and the Joker, who all looked as intimidating as they were; but then there were the other criminals -- The Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, Slade -- who, without their costumes and nefarious plots, would look just like any other normal citizen on the street.
"Actually," he told X, "if I didn't still think you were dangerous, I wouldn't be here making sure you don't get any funny ideas with your new friend here." Who apparently thought they were funny. Well, at least someone was getting entertainment out of all this.