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[ and so he does. it's everything from the down-payments on the building to the latest purchase of bar mats. ]

Your sister's going to be working the bar so I hope you two are still getting along.

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[ sister? there's a kneejerk - did athanasia show up too? that's the last fucking thing he needs. but - oh. right. cassandra. ]

We're fine.
This might be the longest we've gone without an issue.

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Good.
How about the other one?

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We're fine.
And one more just showed up.

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[ He absolutely wasn't overstating his dad's adoption habit. ]

Does this one have a name?

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Dick Grayson.

[rehandle]

[ Oh. ]

He's back, or he's someone else?

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Someone else.
Earlier in the timeline of events but older by all other accounts.

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Does he share a universe with any of you?

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He's from the same one as [ hold on he has to check what exactly baby jay is going by - really? really. ]Robert.
Seems like they lucked out in the Bruce department.

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Plisskin?

[ terrible, but everything also makes an awful lot of sense now ]

Somebody had to eventually.
How's he settling in with you all?

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About as well as you can expect. At this rate, Cain may be the new favorite.

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You're getting along with Cassandra and the problem brother but Dick's an issue?

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[ . . . ]

I know my brother. No matter what universe he is from, Dick's made of the same material.
We're going to have some disagreements down the line.

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I think you've just hit on the definition of sibling, congratulations.

Are you pleased he's here?

[ That's the true test. Whether those future disagreements feel like they might be worth the trouble, or whether anxiety about the arrival outweighs anything else. ]

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That's not what I mean and you know it.

I don't know yet.

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You don't want to have to fight with him.

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No, I don't.
This one doesn't know me at all and I don't typically engender good will.
All he has to do is look back on the network and he'll see where we disagree.

[ suddenly all of strange's "BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST ON THE INTERNET" conversations make a lot more sense. ]

[rehandle]

Then you may as well have the conversations early if you think they're going to come up.

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Right. That will go well.
"Hey Dick, I think some people need to be put down like rabid animals. Thoughts?"

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Damian.

[batricide]

What?

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You're not good with surprises. If you wait until this comes to you it may well turn into a fight. If you take the time to think sensibly about what it is you need to discuss before it lands on your doorstep, then take it to him, you can make sure it's a conversation.

Flippancy isn't going to help you.

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Explain how to have a conversation about such a fundamental disagreement.
I'm not budging on my view.

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Why not?