everyone know knows about the wayne murders. they know that both doctors had taken bruce out to the movies together, that someone tried to mug them and that bruce was the survivor. they don't know a few important facts though:
- that both of the waynes had been mutants working for the weapon plus program.
- that the waynes both had protested their work and had left the program a year before.
- that they both had intended to come forward to the public with what they knew.
bruce's awareness had been enough for an eight year old to know in simple terms. mutant parents. a government program. their leaving. he didn't know that they meant to come forward or that they had a fear that something would happen to them. all he understood was that someone had taken his parents. someone who didn't have to, someone that stole his life away.
he took a vow, at their graves. a vow that takes him to places no child should go to, places that a young man is vulnerable in when he hasn't completely mastered all of his skills. a vow that has him walking right into a trap.