Because almost any excuse is plausible in the Multiverse…

At a Justice League meeting…

Batman: *glaring*

Green Lantern: What? I got held up.

Batman: What is it this time, Jordan? Traffic, gunpoint, giant squid?

Green Lantern: *shrugs* All of the above.

Commissioner Gordon: *smoking peacefully on the GCPD rooftop*

Batman: I need your advice on a personal matter.

Gordon: *drops his cigarette, startled by the voice coming from the darkness*

Gordon: *panting* That fills me with a mix of curiosity and terror.

Taking a trip down memory lane be like…

Barry: Hal didn’t trust Bruce.

Clark: And Bruce didn’t trust Hal.

J’onn: That’s why they had lunch together every single week…?

Diana: To express their mutual distrust.

Barry and Clark: Exactly.

Arthur: *shrugs* Meh.

When your adoptive father’s one of the best stalkers in the world…

Red Hood [to Batman]: How did you know I was here? Are you tracking my cell phone signal? You know what, I don’t want to know! It’ll just lead to more questions.