[But Robin will interrupt soon enough, because he is most definitely not buying this.]

If you're trying to throw me off the trail, it's not working. You're saying things that don't match up with facts. [There are enough subtle canon differences to invalidate this entire line of reasoning. There's no way Slade would've been as hung up on apprentices if he actually had kids. And what the hell kind of name is "Deathstroke" anyway?]