[There's a small snort of a laugh, then a short nod. Dick has done well enough over the last little bit. He's hit rough patches and worked really hard on getting through them. ]
I've been working on thinking less. I'll let you know how that goes. I'm trying to talk to people more.
I know the feeling. I probably was the one to tell myself this, and forced myself out.
[There's a tiny shrug, because what can he do. He's trying. ]
I did make a pact with Clark to see him more. He's been a pretty good friend since I met him, really. He- he was the one who destroyed my plush thing.
[It wasn't easy, and yet they bonded pretty closely after. It was the first touch he'd had from a person in a long time and meant a lot from a friend. Dick realized then that he really needed to get out and see people. He had been more lonely than he thought.]
I'm glad you have Damian. It's good to have someone to be close to.
( it's been... something. to suddenly discover you have a kid. back in his own gotham, he's currently in no place to take one in β to take a young dick grayson in after the death of his parents. but here, he'd been given no real choice, damian forcing his way into his father's life whether he liked it or not. it's... been for the better. really. despite the ups and downs they've already been through and will likely continue to go through. but leaving bruce wayne to his own devices for too long is often a recipe for disaster. not just for himself but for others around him. it's just... made him think as of late. especially with having spent some time with clark recently. )
It's not fair to him.
( he looks down as he says that. pensive. )
To feel as though he needs to keep an eye on me. Even if I understand why.
( the trauma that had come from the twisted version of martha wayne trying to kill him had left bruce in a particularly bad spot for some time and damian had seldom left his side during that time. )
[If there's anything Dick thinks he knows about Damian it's that he's stubborn. Granted they've only spent so much time together, but it was pointed time. He hasn't seen the younger male since the labyrinth really-- maybe passing in a hallway? Beyond that, it's been radio silence, pointing to what Dick thinks is a stubborn heart.
Dick knows that he should reach out. It's his job. Really. He feels lost about it, and doesn't honestly know what to say. He feels a bit like the oil in this watery situation.
When it comes to Bruce, he just knows that there's so much there. When they fight, especially.]
I don't think he'll ever change though. I have a feeling he's as stubborn as all of us. I can't imagine he feels like it's a burden, you know? Maybe he wants to, maybe it helps him too. Sometimes it makes us feel better when we can take care of someone, or pretend to watch over them. We feel useful. Does that make sense? I know I did with the Titans. Hell, they didn't always need me.
[Nudging Bruce a little, Dick peers at him sideways, licking across his lips.]
Maybe with you having a couple of friends, it'll make him feel better? I don't know. I honestly don't know him well enough.
( there's a bit of a face he makes at that notion. having friends. he's been so lost within the gotham project back home β with being batman that he hasn't had time to do anything outside of that, much to alfred's dismay. here, however... it's a little more difficult to find his footing. to know what to do, what to tackle, how to handle... all of this. it's not so easy as falling into a nightly routine within gotham. here it's... difficult. )
I still don't trust the groupwork experiments Aurora sometimes puts us through here. Doesn't make sense. If we're here to make a case for our world to be considered.
( it bothers him. not necessarily the thought of socializingβ although with being as socially inept as he is, it is a little daunting at times, but. it's more her supposed curiosity in seeing how they interact with one another. all these comforts laid out for them in the form of familiar things and landmarks. )
Maybe I'm just waiting for the switch to be flipped and us forced to turn against each other.
[the face is just Bruce enough to make Dick smile. Dick already knows that coming here today has been a huge step. Hell, Dick wasn't even sure he'd get a response to his text, so this has been a plus on all fronts for him.
Maybe they're jumping from subject to subject, but that's fine. It's keeping the conversation going and Dick wholeheartedly agrees with this topic. He doesn't think that Aurora is putting them through their paces to be considered as heroes for their world. It's ridiculous. ]
Not only that, but why would some worlds get multiple people for their universe and others only one person that barely knows anything about fighting or even getting along. I can't see us being brought here for that reason alone, if we are even here for that reason.
[He gestures with his hands as he articulates. This has been weighing on him for some time, and he's put so many hours of thought into it. ]
I think that we will have to fight back if they try and force us against one another. I won't do it. I would rather die than try and kill someone else. That's who I am. That's who I was when I got here, and they won't change that part of me.
[Maybe they can take his mind, but then it won't be him-- it will be the city doing it. Then they can't make the case of them doing anything and their plan will obviously be a fake if they aren't at the helm of their own action.]
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Had a lot of time to think I'm guessing?
( it's all bruce ever does. sometimes for the best. sometimes for the worst. )
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I've been working on thinking less. I'll let you know how that goes. I'm trying to talk to people more.
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Damian seems to think I spend too much time alone.
( he'd had his reasons, over the last few weeks. )
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[There's a tiny shrug, because what can he do. He's trying. ]
I did make a pact with Clark to see him more. He's been a pretty good friend since I met him, really. He- he was the one who destroyed my plush thing.
[It wasn't easy, and yet they bonded pretty closely after. It was the first touch he'd had from a person in a long time and meant a lot from a friend. Dick realized then that he really needed to get out and see people. He had been more lonely than he thought.]
I'm glad you have Damian. It's good to have someone to be close to.
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It's not fair to him.
( he looks down as he says that. pensive. )
To feel as though he needs to keep an eye on me. Even if I understand why.
( the trauma that had come from the twisted version of martha wayne trying to kill him had left bruce in a particularly bad spot for some time and damian had seldom left his side during that time. )
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Dick knows that he should reach out. It's his job. Really. He feels lost about it, and doesn't honestly know what to say. He feels a bit like the oil in this watery situation.
When it comes to Bruce, he just knows that there's so much there. When they fight, especially.]
I don't think he'll ever change though. I have a feeling he's as stubborn as all of us. I can't imagine he feels like it's a burden, you know? Maybe he wants to, maybe it helps him too. Sometimes it makes us feel better when we can take care of someone, or pretend to watch over them. We feel useful. Does that make sense? I know I did with the Titans. Hell, they didn't always need me.
[Nudging Bruce a little, Dick peers at him sideways, licking across his lips.]
Maybe with you having a couple of friends, it'll make him feel better? I don't know. I honestly don't know him well enough.
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I still don't trust the groupwork experiments Aurora sometimes puts us through here. Doesn't make sense. If we're here to make a case for our world to be considered.
( it bothers him. not necessarily the thought of socializingβ although with being as socially inept as he is, it is a little daunting at times, but. it's more her supposed curiosity in seeing how they interact with one another. all these comforts laid out for them in the form of familiar things and landmarks. )
Maybe I'm just waiting for the switch to be flipped and us forced to turn against each other.
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Maybe they're jumping from subject to subject, but that's fine. It's keeping the conversation going and Dick wholeheartedly agrees with this topic. He doesn't think that Aurora is putting them through their paces to be considered as heroes for their world. It's ridiculous. ]
Not only that, but why would some worlds get multiple people for their universe and others only one person that barely knows anything about fighting or even getting along. I can't see us being brought here for that reason alone, if we are even here for that reason.
[He gestures with his hands as he articulates. This has been weighing on him for some time, and he's put so many hours of thought into it. ]
I think that we will have to fight back if they try and force us against one another. I won't do it. I would rather die than try and kill someone else. That's who I am. That's who I was when I got here, and they won't change that part of me.
[Maybe they can take his mind, but then it won't be him-- it will be the city doing it. Then they can't make the case of them doing anything and their plan will obviously be a fake if they aren't at the helm of their own action.]