She volunteers and runs a self-defense dojo, using the skills Jason taught her practically in a way that he never realized could be used. Gan works hard as a civilian to help her community be more. Gan works to make her neighborhood better in a way that Nightwing has only recently begun to do, and a way that Batman often overlooks social programs that cut back on petty crime. What makes Gan so significant to Jason isn’t just what she does while she’s under her tutelage, but what she does afterward. She winds up hurting herself, causing Jason to realize his role in running from Batman but also making him know that his running was much the same as Batman’s failure to find him. Unfortunately, he failed to train her how to think her actions through. She was a quick study, and her crime fighting alongside Red Hood forced Jason to understand why Batman needed a Robin. Jason trained his Robin, one of very few that haven’t been directly associated with the Dark Knight, to fight. As a result, Gan meets Jason when he is very much down on his luck. What’s most significant, though, is that the 10-speed riding vigilante goes by Robin, a title that the White Knight universe’s Jason lost by betraying Batman and confessing his mentor’s identity to the Joker. The opposite of Jason, she is a bright and helpful presence, mindful of her neighborhood and respectful of her environment. Gan is introduced in a two-issue flashback as she joins in on a fight between Red Hood and what he calls a group of “Z-List” villains.
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