User blog comment:Psycho-Penguin0418/Is Nightwing's plan falling apart?/@comment-5624498-20130222212642

Among those who know what's going with Kaldur and Artemis, I think it's pretty obvious the bulk of them won't say a word.

We know why Nightwing, Kaldur and Artemis will lay low.

Wally may not like it but, deep down, he does trust Nightwing.

M'gann and Superboy may not like it but they at least understand where Nightwing is coming from. Plus M'gann was secretly abusing her powers and Superboy knew about it yet neither said a word to Nightwing, so their keeping of the secrets are as much responsible for the situation as Nightwing's.

Cheshire wants Artemis safe. She'll tell Paula but that's only to ease Paula's mind.

With Sportsmaster, it's all about ego. As long as it's pacified, he has no reason to say a word. (Granted, this is the person Nightwing doesn't want that info leaked to, but thus far, Nightwing doesn't know that Sportsmaster has severed ties with the Light.)

Lagoon Boy learned the truth because Nightwing figured it was the only way to calm L'gaan down and convince him he should heal up. Now, it may be true that Lagoon Boy might say something, but only if he suspects another Team member plans to seek vengeance the way he originally wanted to. Maybe Mal Duncan, given how he said, "I want Aqualad's head on a platter." But I doubt L'gaan will spill the beans just to do so, as he has to know doing that can make things worse for Kaldur and Artemis.

There is an argument that can be made that certain people should have been clued in at first to prevent complications from arising, but make the circle too large to start and it's tougher for Kaldur to keep his deep cover. Had Nightwing known what M'gann was up to, for example, he may have thought it wise to clue her in... but the flipside is whether or not he trusts M'gann to keep quiet.

And one could argue Cheshire should have been clued in because Nightwing should have expected she'd take vengeance for Artemis' supposed death. But then again, Nightwing no doubt believes Kaldur can take care of himself, so it was a risk worth taking.

As far as the two keeping their cover at this point: It's more likely it gets revealed should Nightwing believe it's no longer worth the risk of keeping it (as Aqualad believed when M'gann's life was at stake) or if he believes risk in another area has become so great that he needs Kaldur and Artemis for other reasons and thus they need to end their cover. I particularly believe that the two will not have their cover blown by somebody else because, given the storyline has the Light and the Reach several steps ahead of the heroes in plenty of areas, there's need to be at least one area in which the heroes have a leg up on the Light and Reach.