--oh, thanks! ( almost surprised, but the smile on his lips says something different when jon swings his legs in over the ledge and stands himself up straight, offers a spoon over to damian as soon as he's got his feet planted on the ground. )
( fine, fine, whatever. he'll just sit himself down on the ground right here, bag between legs and start pulling out tubs of ice cream. leftovers from his parttime job, but they still look nice.
because of course they do, they're ice cream. jon himself grabs onto the mint chocolate chip one, shoves a spoon into it and shovels it into his mouth. )
This whole world was just falling apart, wasn't it?
( quieter, attention focused on the conversation rather than. the giant potential mess he's working on in front of him. )
People were fighting on whether or not to throw a couple kids in as sacrifices. Everything was going crazy. Heck, everything is still kind of crazy. And I guess it's not the craziness that really bothers me? Dad and I got stuck on a island full of dinosaurs, once. Damian and I got stuck someplace else, too. But here it's--just me and Kara. And I love Kara, but we never really got to spend a lot of time together before either.
( damian asked. )
I miss my family and my friends and Krypto and Metropolis and Hamilton. Nothing here is going to bring any of that back, I know that. I'm not dumb. And you're not my Damian, obviously. But that doesn't make me delusional either. You're still a Damian Wayne. And I can tell, ( back to the spoon in hand, even if he's not shoving it into the ice cream pile now. ) that maybe you keep pushing and saying you don't want friends and you don't want to hang out or whatever, but you don't like this any more than me. Maybe it's for different reasons, I don't know. But you're lonely, too.
So unless you like, can actually say you hate me and never want me around ever again, I figure we can be a little less lonely if we hang out together.
[ He can't say he hates him. But he also doesn't know what the hell to do with him. Part of him knows this must be some kind of jealousy - of his world, of who his father is. And part of him knows that's absolutely ridiculous. ]
The world didn't fall apart and nobody died. What's not to like about that?
I'm not a baby. And it's not like I can't do stuff on my own, but--
( look if damian wanted to tell him off jon already gave him the perfect opening to. so he'll just keep going. )
I've never been on my own this long before. And I'm getting really homesick. So it's great that nothing fell apart and nobody died! I'd never say it wasn't--but I wish everything got fixed and there was a way to get back home too.
[ Tough. Get used to it, this is the real world without somebody to protect you.
That's what he wants to say. That's what he figures he should say. Instead, he glances over at the kid. This kid who was permitted to be safe and sheltered from everything.
But he can't think of anything to say that isn't hostile. So instead he focuses on bending some armor back into place. ]
This is where you say something like ( clearing his throat to do his best damian™ impression. ) Suck it up, Kent. When I was four Mother left me in a jungle for a month with only a knife and told me to survive.
( waving his spoon towards damian, before he shoves it back into the ice cream tub. )
( w o w, hostile. good thing he doesn't take the threats damian dishes out with any amount of seriousness. but he takes three of his massive containers of ice cream and stacks them all up, lifting them into his arms and waddling with them over to the kitchen to put them in the freezer. )
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Date: 2019-11-22 07:25 am (UTC)I brought you one, too.
( for the ice cream. spoons are very important. )
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Date: 2019-11-22 07:51 am (UTC)[ UGH.
whatever, he's fixing some of this damaged armor plating. ]
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Date: 2019-11-22 07:59 am (UTC)because of course they do, they're ice cream. jon himself grabs onto the mint chocolate chip one, shoves a spoon into it and shovels it into his mouth. )
So why do you live here, of all places?
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:01 am (UTC)It's where I was assigned, obviously.
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:02 am (UTC)( all of this is going to melt on damian's floor eventually. you're welcome. )
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:03 am (UTC)Well, I don't.
[ ugh. ]
What do you want?
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:05 am (UTC)What do you mean?
( because he already got what he wanted, thanks. )
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:06 am (UTC)[ His voice is stiff, more than a little irritated. ]
I'm not your Damian and you don't exist in my world. Whatever you're hoping for here is just delusional.
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:22 am (UTC)( quieter, attention focused on the conversation rather than. the giant potential mess he's working on in front of him. )
People were fighting on whether or not to throw a couple kids in as sacrifices. Everything was going crazy. Heck, everything is still kind of crazy. And I guess it's not the craziness that really bothers me? Dad and I got stuck on a island full of dinosaurs, once. Damian and I got stuck someplace else, too. But here it's--just me and Kara. And I love Kara, but we never really got to spend a lot of time together before either.
( damian asked. )
I miss my family and my friends and Krypto and Metropolis and Hamilton. Nothing here is going to bring any of that back, I know that. I'm not dumb. And you're not my Damian, obviously. But that doesn't make me delusional either. You're still a Damian Wayne. And I can tell, ( back to the spoon in hand, even if he's not shoving it into the ice cream pile now. ) that maybe you keep pushing and saying you don't want friends and you don't want to hang out or whatever, but you don't like this any more than me. Maybe it's for different reasons, I don't know. But you're lonely, too.
So unless you like, can actually say you hate me and never want me around ever again, I figure we can be a little less lonely if we hang out together.
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:28 am (UTC)The world didn't fall apart and nobody died. What's not to like about that?
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:34 am (UTC)( look if damian wanted to tell him off jon already gave him the perfect opening to. so he'll just keep going. )
I've never been on my own this long before. And I'm getting really homesick. So it's great that nothing fell apart and nobody died! I'd never say it wasn't--but I wish everything got fixed and there was a way to get back home too.
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Date: 2019-11-22 08:38 am (UTC)That's what he wants to say. That's what he figures he should say. Instead, he glances over at the kid. This kid who was permitted to be safe and sheltered from everything.
But he can't think of anything to say that isn't hostile. So instead he focuses on bending some armor back into place. ]
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Date: 2019-11-22 05:35 pm (UTC)( waving his spoon towards damian, before he shoves it back into the ice cream tub. )
And then I tell you that's terrible, no way.
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Date: 2019-11-30 07:08 am (UTC)[ Is he making a joke? Who knows. His expression isn't betraying anything. ]
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Date: 2019-11-30 07:18 am (UTC)( this isn't important. but he'll keep it up if it gets damian talking. )
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Date: 2019-11-30 07:25 am (UTC)I fashioned a spear. [ As if ANY GOOD CHILD SHOULD KNOW THAT ]
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Date: 2019-11-30 07:31 am (UTC)( absolutely, totally. with a pause before he's turning his head to. look towards damian's armor. )
Do you want some help with that? I am super strong and stuff.
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Date: 2019-11-30 07:33 am (UTC)No. Are you physically capable of sitting there quietly?
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Date: 2019-11-30 07:35 am (UTC)( but clearly he doesn't. )
Mind if I use your freezer?
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Date: 2019-12-01 04:06 am (UTC)[ UGH. ]
Fine. Take it out when you leave.
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Date: 2019-12-01 04:29 am (UTC)You sure? I could leave one for you.
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Date: 2019-12-01 04:31 am (UTC)[ you stupid!! brat!! but fine. whatever. he's setting his armor down and getting to his feet. ]
Look. I owe a debt to your father, but that debt doesn't mean I'm here to babysit you.
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Date: 2019-12-01 04:42 am (UTC)( up on his tip toes with his stomach resting against the fridge as he starts unstacking the cartons into the freezer. )
Dad and Mom would leave me notes with instructions when they had to go somewhere and I was always fine.
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Date: 2019-12-01 04:46 am (UTC)How old are you. Eight?
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Date: 2019-12-01 04:47 am (UTC)( ice cream put away, he's. gonna get into the fridge. is there milk? he's thirsty. )
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