Whatever I can find useful at the junkyard or the shops when things show up.
( He doesn't have his experimental Wayne tech here to work with, but. It's not as though there's completely nothing he can use. He's just being a bit more creative with it all.
This isn't a prison, Jason. I won't force you to be here if you don't want to be. But you always have a room here for as long as you want and I won't turn you away.
( In case Jason didn't know that... which it seems he didn't. )
[Jason is so used to nomad-ing his way around Etraya and his experience with the Titans that being offered a no-strings place to stay is a bit of a mind screw at first.]
I mean I like it here. Iβmβ Iβm still waiting for the belfry to show up somehow.
[Despite Bruce indicating that the belfry doesnβt know heβs here.]
[If that isnβt an emotional gut punch, nothing ever will be. Jason looks down and away. After years of yearning for that affirmation, itβs weird to so suddenly hear it when Jason had been trying to comfort Bruce.
Then it begs the question that if he is good enough for this Bruce, why couldnβt have been enough for his own Bruce?
Instead of a response, Bruce is met with a heavy silence as Jason processes.]
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( Which is when he glances down to Jason then β namely his pants. Something he still needs to decide on for him. )
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[Jason minicks wearing them by circling his eyes with his fingers.]
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( So they're not just goggles. )
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[Jason drops his hands.]
With what?
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( He doesn't have his experimental Wayne tech here to work with, but. It's not as though there's completely nothing he can use. He's just being a bit more creative with it all.
A glance to his face, he nods then. )
How's that doing?
( His nose, he means. )
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[He touches around the worst of it and shakes his head.]
Barbara said it could take weeks.
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( Could have been worse, basically. )
Are you settling in ok?
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[Jason shrugs.]
Itβs what I did before Bruce, too.
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You ever feel like you need to be away from here, just keep in touch.
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[Jason looks startled as he stares at Bruce.]
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( In case Jason didn't know that... which it seems he didn't. )
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I mean I like it here. Iβmβ Iβm still waiting for the belfry to show up somehow.
[Despite Bruce indicating that the belfry doesnβt know heβs here.]
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( He shrugs. Simple as that. )
They all stick together. I stay here.
( Because this is the closest thing he has to home. )
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[Jason says it firmly, looking at Bruce with intent.]
You might not be the Bruce I know, but thatβs a fucking good thing. Donβt be him. Heβs a dick.
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All I can be is myself. Whoever that is.
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Look, you donβt have to know. I mean, I thought I knew who I was but that wasnβt good enough for anyone.
[He pauses, realizing that what heβs saying isnβt exactly reassuring.]
You donβt have to know who you are. βs not like thatβs gonna make me leave.
[In case that was a distant worry.]
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You're good enough for me.
( Even as he says that, it's done in a way that's soft and genuine. )
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Then it begs the question that if he is good enough for this Bruce, why couldnβt have been enough for his own Bruce?
Instead of a response, Bruce is met with a heavy silence as Jason processes.]
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No matter what happens here, I'm glad I got to know you, Jason.
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No oneβs ever said that to me before.
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( Doesnβt make it any less true for him, though. )
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[His own Bruce included.]
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( Despite his reservations about being around Bruce Wayne, if even a different one. )
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[Jason tries to shrug that sentiment off.]
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( Whether or not they exist, well. He doesn't know yet. )
It's just me and Alfred. ( A beat. ) Gordon, too.
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