Nightwing’s use of the drug, brane, has unlocked some new powers. However, his irresponsible use of it could value him his life earlier than he can do any good.
No matter Nightwing noticed sooner or later should have been really horrible as a result of he has upped his dose of brane, a performance-enhancing drug. In Future State: Gotham #16 (by Dennis Culver, Geoffo and Troy Peteri) whereas combating off his relations, Nightwing took a dangerously massive dose of the drug. It ended up heightening his psychological skills, not solely giving him what seems to be a type of flight, but additionally telepathic skills.
Whereas these skills would possibly turn out to be useful, particularly contemplating Batman 666 probably possesses darkish powers from his time in Hell, there’s a value. Overdosing on any sort of drug is harmful, and brane is not any odd chemical combination. The complete penalties of its makes use of are nonetheless largely unknown, and it is not clear whether or not Nightwing is even absolutely in command of his actions. If his conduct is any indication, nonetheless, somebody goes to die quickly, and he might need simply dug his personal grave.
His first main dose of brane almost killed him, subjecting his thoughts to intense visions of the long run. It is nonetheless unclear whether or not what the brane confirmed him was correct, or if he was deciphering the imaginative and prescient appropriately. Regardless, Nightwing has come to imagine that solely he is aware of methods to save the world, and has been counting on the drug increasingly more. Now, he appears to have gone previous the purpose of no return.
Whereas advantageous for the struggle forward, there are quite a lot of unknowns that solely promise to make issues worse. For starters, it’s not clear whether or not Nightwing is guided by his perception in his visions or if the brane is just messing together with his thought course of. By the tip of the difficulty, he behaved as if he was the one Batman that mattered and claimed he “would by no means die”.
Now, there are some attainable explanations for this. Considered one of them is that Nightwing was not speaking about himself, however merely in regards to the idea of Batman. Nevertheless, it’s simply as probably — if no more — that he really believes that he cannot die. When individuals achieve vital energy they will experience that prime for some time earlier than coming down. The one distinction right here is that Nightwing can select when to come back down from his excessive, however he is unlikely to take action.
The brane could very nicely be talking for him at this level, with the consequences of the drug overriding his ordinary self. If that’s the case, then Nightwing is now not performing with the intent to cease no matter apocalypse is coming to Gotham. He is merely dwelling out a delusion that was by no means actual, to start with. Assuming he can survive the battle towards his household, the drug would possibly nonetheless kill him anyway.