but dick withdraws quickly. not wanting to make damian uncomfortable. ]
So you've gotten around a lot. Have you made any allies? [ he was going to ask the same question alfred had asked him after school. did you make any friends today, master dick?
he'd been an antisocial little fucker. he'd tried, though.
it's going full circle with little d. dick likes it. it was as though he was born to play this role. ]
[ what is this, his first day at school? it's... terribly nostalgic. dick needling him about befriending some of the younger heroes, or hanging around his friends, just trying to broaden damian's tiny social circle into something bigger. ]
Knock yourself out. Kate Bishop, Daisy Johnson, Rey, and Stephen Strange tolerate me the most.
[ he doesn't need damian to be the center of attention. he should have just enough friends to keep him safe. or strong. or on the path. whatever he needs. ]
All right. [ surprisingly painless. he just doesn't want to press on the wound of his loss. ]
There's just J here from my universe. I've found a lot's different so far.
You didn't answer my question. [ he's not going to push it. but he would like damian to know he can't sweep that under the rug.
he frowns. damian had said he and his bruce didn't get along. he hadn't elaborated on what that meant.
dick isn't blind to bruce's faults. they fight like cats when they do. nobody says sorry. a bigger mess comes along that they agree is more important than whatever they disagreed on.
he'd left without saying anything. he'd thought his darkness was because of bruce. but he knows better now. ]
I can only tell you about my father. What's yours like?
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but he doesn't know where he's going either. he'll figure it out.
dick focuses back on damian. ]
League of Assassins to Justice League is a big deal. Take the compliment. [ have it while it lasts, little d. ]
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You've met that side of my family, right? The choice was easy.
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I just told you to take the compliment, D. [ the al ghuls were brutal. he wouldn't blame damian for running away.
but he was also raised by them. dick remembers talia being very proud. ]
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I imagine you have questions about this place.
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Yeah, plenty. How long have you been here?
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Roughly seven months.
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but dick withdraws quickly. not wanting to make damian uncomfortable. ]
So you've gotten around a lot. Have you made any allies? [ he was going to ask the same question alfred had asked him after school. did you make any friends today, master dick?
he'd been an antisocial little fucker. he'd tried, though.
it's going full circle with little d. dick likes it. it was as though he was born to play this role. ]
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[ it's almost reflexive at this point. i don't need friends to cover up the absence of them. all they do is disappoint me.
but that's not true, is it? ]
I have, yes.
[ but if he snoops back through the network he'll see that it's a goddamn miracle he has. ]
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he'll put his heart on his sleeve for damian. ]
I'd like to meet them. If you're okay with that.
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Knock yourself out. Kate Bishop, Daisy Johnson, Rey, and Stephen Strange tolerate me the most.
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All right. [ surprisingly painless. he just doesn't want to press on the wound of his loss. ]
There's just J here from my universe. I've found a lot's different so far.
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So the younger one is from your world. That makes sense.
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[ he tries to pick that apart by studying damian closely. ]
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which brings him to the question he has to ask, sidestepping that question and bringing up his own. ]
What is your opinion of my father?
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he frowns. damian had said he and his bruce didn't get along. he hadn't elaborated on what that meant.
dick isn't blind to bruce's faults. they fight like cats when they do. nobody says sorry. a bigger mess comes along that they agree is more important than whatever they disagreed on.
he'd left without saying anything. he'd thought his darkness was because of bruce. but he knows better now. ]
I can only tell you about my father. What's yours like?
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A sick control freak not above torturing his allies if they disagree with him.
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dick folds his arms. thinking. ]
Did he give you that scar?
tw child abuse bc what the fuck injustice bruce
[ he folds his arms. ]
He snapped my forearm just before I arrived here, though.
wtf
he can't see any reason for this. bruce has never hit him. let alone broken his bones. ]
That doesn't sound like the B I know. I'm sorry.
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[ Big J's got similar stories, after all. ]
Superman was the one who raised me.
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Yeah, mine was around to help me out too. There's one here now - different timeline. Feels like the same guy.
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Clark is here?
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but thinking about an evil one would break dick's brain. ]
He's usually in the kitchen.
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Damian doesn't know which he wants. ]
... Good to know.
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that's good. he'd hate to think people abandoned his family. that bruce did, first. ]
That's two curveballs today, huh, D? [ him and then clark. he smiles sympathetically.
it's not been an easy few days for him either. ]
How're you feeling?
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