Dani had never hero worshipped.

She thought they were cool, but in that otherworldly, unrealistic sort of way. Like, how would they handle school, or friends, or work?

It wasn't realistic, but I was real.

She's brought into the fold at fifteen, but she'd guessed early on

They'd been doing it since they were thirteen. Charge was a hero, but he stuck to the Lower City, whereas Batman patrolled the whole city Charge was a bit of an urban legend. He tended to stay out of the spotlight. Sometimes, he did so by throwing Batman into the spotlight.

It was a wonder that Batman didn't particularly like the other hero.

She'd noticed, of course, that her two friends had come in with more bumps and bruises than usual. At first it was only Ty, but Matt had the occasional scrape and bruise. She'd assumed that it was problems with Ty's birth dad, or that the two had gotten into the habit of taking their playful wrestling a bit too far.

It figured that he was Crow. The little seen and lesser known partner of Charge.

Matt, she found, hated actually going out into the field. He claimed that only overzealous fools would like the adrenaline rush that came with risking one's life in gunfire, but somehow she doubted that he disliked it as much has he said he did. Still, he stayed in their base of operations most days, only venturing out if Charge with in-between a rock and a hard place.

Matt managed to balance the two pretty well, and Ty's grades were already in the dumpster, so it wasn't like teachers noticed it that much, but she was their best friend.

Matt knew she knew, but he never said anything to her. It was kind of a game, to see who would break first. She'd cover for them, and he'd make a small, side comment about it.

She was brought into the fold on the same mission that solidified their places in Gotham lore. Batman approved of them, and that was good enough for them.