[ he doesn’t check this device anymore, hasn’t carried it since Dick Grayson first had to disappear all those months ago. it still feels longer ago now than it really has been.
only to Kate he never did disappear, which is how he knows who it is right away when he hears the soft ping of the message arriving. he has to rummage a little through a pile of old fabric, digging past a half-assembled cape and a few old food containers before he figures out where he left it. and sure enough, he’s not imagining things.
he can’t keep this up. he can’t and for Kate’s sake he shouldn’t, not for another minute. she’s smart enough to fit the pieces together the minute she starts looking a little sideways at the whole situation, that no one knows Dick Grayson because Dick Grayson isn’t really here in exsilium. she’ll be angry. maybe she’ll even try to stop him, once she figures out the why. seeing her angry once was enough, just the thought of seeing it again makes his stomach churn.
all he has to do is set it down. leave the message to sit there unanswered while he mends batarangs and adds pieces to the new utility belt. he knows already what Bruce would do, if Kate was his friend. he wouldn’t think about her if her life wasn’t in danger, wouldn’t wonder for a minute if he was doing the right thing.
he gets through one, then two more before he picks the tablet up again. ]
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only to Kate he never did disappear, which is how he knows who it is right away when he hears the soft ping of the message arriving. he has to rummage a little through a pile of old fabric, digging past a half-assembled cape and a few old food containers before he figures out where he left it. and sure enough, he’s not imagining things.
he can’t keep this up. he can’t and for Kate’s sake he shouldn’t, not for another minute. she’s smart enough to fit the pieces together the minute she starts looking a little sideways at the whole situation, that no one knows Dick Grayson because Dick Grayson isn’t really here in exsilium. she’ll be angry. maybe she’ll even try to stop him, once she figures out the why. seeing her angry once was enough, just the thought of seeing it again makes his stomach churn.
all he has to do is set it down. leave the message to sit there unanswered while he mends batarangs and adds pieces to the new utility belt. he knows already what Bruce would do, if Kate was his friend. he wouldn’t think about her if her life wasn’t in danger, wouldn’t wonder for a minute if he was doing the right thing.
he gets through one, then two more before he picks the tablet up again. ]
sure.