( It's strange to see the suit reflected back to him like this. It's different, as expected, yet still familiar in ways that are difficult to ignore. The older Bruce prior hadn't been with a suit β hadn't worn it in years, but this one... this one is still wearing it, if even older than him, and it's... strange to see, leaving him uncertain with how he feels about that. )
You didn't exactly say what this was about, did you?
( Just a little pin dropped with the expectation that he'd show. Given the fact that both Damian and Jason are here and he's very much aware of their issues with one another, of course he'd come and see what the reason for this was. Instead, he gets an I wanted to get a look at you.
At that, he turns and starts with slow steps to take his leave. )
[ Bruce wouldn't really say he was interested in getting to know this other man. Given their similarities, he thought he knew quite enough and whatever the differences were, they were likely minute enough not to really matter. Or at least, not for Bruce to care enough to ask about. But there's still a strange sense of duty he feels. He's one of us and so Bruce felt that same sense of obligation - that need to look out for his own, even if they never spoke to each other again. ]
I dropped you the location because it's a place I wanted you to know about.
[ Beneath their feet is a safehouse, furnished and stocked with medical supplies and a place to train, eat and sleep. If it's needed. ]
If you need somewhere to go and you can't reach the Tower, you can come here.
( Now how many times has he, this other Bruce here, said that? Having recently lost his Robin and still only having been Batman for two years back in his Gotham, he's slid back a little on the whole teamwork thing. He's done just fine with the year and some months he's been here already. )
[ a refusal that isnβt entirely unanticipated. Heβs not privy to all of the nuances of this manβs stay here in Etraya. And heβs not overly concerned with finding out either. ]
Then donβt accept it.
[ when he first arrived, he had asked Oracle if this Bruce was going to be a problem. So far the answer seems to be very likely. ]
( Is his walking away and deciding this was a waste of his time not obvious that it's a refusal? No, it has to be. That's just how they are after all. Both stubborn and set in their own ways, regardless of age or Gotham. Which is why he's going to head back to his Batmobile in silence, as Batman has a penchant for.
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You didn't exactly say what this was about, did you?
( Just a little pin dropped with the expectation that he'd show. Given the fact that both Damian and Jason are here and he's very much aware of their issues with one another, of course he'd come and see what the reason for this was. Instead, he gets an I wanted to get a look at you.
At that, he turns and starts with slow steps to take his leave. )
If that's all this is, I'm leaving.
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I dropped you the location because it's a place I wanted you to know about.
[ Beneath their feet is a safehouse, furnished and stocked with medical supplies and a place to train, eat and sleep. If it's needed. ]
If you need somewhere to go and you can't reach the Tower, you can come here.
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( Now how many times has he, this other Bruce here, said that? Having recently lost his Robin and still only having been Batman for two years back in his Gotham, he's slid back a little on the whole teamwork thing. He's done just fine with the year and some months he's been here already. )
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Then donβt accept it.
[ when he first arrived, he had asked Oracle if this Bruce was going to be a problem. So far the answer seems to be very likely. ]
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Well. This was fun. )