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it's really bad isn't it

[ that small face is going to stay with him. ]

[Maybe he should have kept that picture out of it.

But Dick asked to know, and he may very well be seeing more of those faces in the future.]

Yeah. It's really, really bad. I'm sorry I don't have any good news.

sometimes you have to see the bad before you can turn it into something good.

[ Said Dick from pretend jail.

He's taking a minute to stare at his tablet, but that feeling of disconnect lingers. Between where he is now, where he should be, and what's happening out there. To these kids, smaller and younger than he is. ]

what do we do now ?

[He doesn't answer this text for a while, mostly because he doesn't have an answer. There are people talking away on the network, sure, but they're no closer than finding a solution than they were yesterday, or the day before.

Finally:]

I don't know. We'll have to figure something out.

we have to do something, don't we?

we have to try no matter what they say

Yeah. If they still exist, we have to try. But promise me you won't do anything reckless? We have to be really careful with this one.

come on i'm not eight
you can trust me

[ and he sure has typed those words and hit send before he's really turned them over in his head and thought about them. ]

okay maybe you really don't think you can
but i want to be better now and i know i can be

This isn't about age. Or about trust. It's just about being careful.

[Though he does want Dick to keep that optimism, this idea that he's going to be better - Jaime feels all but paralyzed with fear of doing something wrong, and that's no way to live either.]

just let me prove myself
i know i let you down but it won't happen again.

Dick this doesn't have anything to do with proving yourself. Come on do you really thing that I'd be sending you the info in the first place if you did? It's just about how careful we have to be about this. All of us.