I can't remember what writer it was recently who said something about how when this was over Dick was the one character who might have a chance to step up, like get promotion as his own hero. And I thought...could that be when he finally gets his story?

And yes, totally on that last paragraph. I'm sort of enjoying the most the times when Dick interacts with the Titans like Donna. He seems to get more acceptance in the JLA. And yeah, with Damian it really has been solitary. There's really not a lot of mentoring. It's more just that Dick's there and hasn't left.