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He's picked up a job. Same sort of thing I've been doing. [Bouncer. Nobody needed much information for that.] I've asked him to keep an eye out for Agatha, but I doubt that she'll show up in that part of town.

[She didn't seem the kind who went to bars, after all.]

[He lets the towel fall around his shoulders as he walks over to take a seat, leaning forward against the table.] Thanks for this. I would have gone out in a bit to get something myself. But it's nice to have a couple hours to relax a bit.

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( a nod, he lets dick get himself settled — lets him poke through the bag and have something to eat if he wants while bruce just... stands there. hands in pockets. trying not to come off as though he doesn't want to be here. it's not that he doesn't, want to be here, he's just... he hasn't made much of an effort to be here. with any of them. and he's still not entirely sure he should, but. he's still here. now. )

You invest in those stocks you mentioned?

( before they made their trip back in time. )

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I made a trip to Excelsior the other day. [It hadn't been a long trip, but even now, the technology was better than it should be for the time period.] Took a little bit, but I was able to get the stocks sorted out. Once the certificates arrive, I'll tuck them in the tunnels under Descendant for Babs to pick up.

[Dick grabs a burger and some of the fries before shoving the bag toward Bruce.] Will you please sit down and eat as well? You're making me nervous.

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Sorry.

( that was his intention with this little visit to his room, so. he sits, when asked. across from dick in one of the chairs. the crinkle of the bag fills the brief moment of silence between them as he looks to it — as he furrows his brows some before he goes and takes a burger out for himself, slowly unwrapping it. watching the paper peel away as he does. )

Who's Babs?

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[Dick blinks for a moment, then shakes his head.] You may not have met her yet, but she's probably only 8 or 9 in your Gotham. Babs is Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon's daughter. Though...he's only a detective for you right now, I think?

[He picks up a fry, chewing on it because he really is hungry.] She's also Batgirl. Or Oracle, depending on a few things.

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( lifting the cheeseburger to take a bite out of, he refrains from doing so and just stares to dick when he offers him the explanation— the identity of who babs is. )

Yeah. I know he has a daughter.

( because of course bruce would know things like that about someone he "works with" if even loosely. )

Why is she... Batgirl?

( the look on his face says it all with what he might be thinking. )

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[Given how so many of his kids have come into his care, it's an honest question.]

[Dick snorts softly and grins.]

Well, to start with, she saved my Bruce from a kidnapping while driving to a costume ball dressed as a female Batman. Bruce tried to tell her that she wasn't allowed to do it because of her gender. Babs' reply to that was that Bruce wasn't her father and couldn't tell her what to do. And wouldn't tell her dad on her. Honestly, of all the many young men and women that Bruce inspired, Babs is probably the most grounded. She has a library sciences degree and did a law degree afterward.

[Technically, Dick also has a law degree. Online classes were great.]

She's probably also the best hacker I know, with TJ running a close second. And I should say, she's also really, really good at telling you to your face when you're being dumb.

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( it's strange to hear of things that have happened to some other version of him. that may or may not happen to him at some point in the future. if he's to leave here, that is. now he wonders if that account that had said something to him prior to their coming here had been her. had been barbara. )

So Gordon's ok then.

( because it seems as if every kid he comes across either doesn't have a family or much of one to begin with. gordon, though they've only known each other for two years now... he's a good guy. a good cop. and bruce— batman trusts him. )

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Hopefully he won't take too much time. He needs us, especially since he's so new to the nightlife.

[ Bruce is good-- he always has been-- but nothing can substitute for experience. ]

text. b.

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( through a secure connection, etc. a little before he dips. )

I’m headed out for a bit. Call it a break. Need to figure things out. Letting you know this time.

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I appreciate you letting me know. I can let the others know, too.

Drop Diana a text before you disappear entirely, please? At least to let her know that you're alive and not totally ghosting her.

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( hmm…. )

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He is when I'm from. Which means he's okay for Jay and TJ. I can't make promises for everybody else.

[He didn't get a chance to talk to Babs very much before he left. He's fairly certain that Gordon is fine in Jason's, Junior's and Tim's worlds. Which only leaves Babs. And it's not exactly an easy thing to ask.]

Babs and TJ are the ones that came to this life entirely of their own volition, with their families intact. [No matter Dick's personal opinions of the Drakes.]

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( as always, through a secure connection, etc. this also coming a few days after his last text. )

Might be away a bit longer than intended. The place in Excelsior is done. Thinking of opening it up to the homeless and/or youth who need some place to stay.

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i'm not sorry

( for the almost but not quite fight. but he's communicating which counts for something, doesn't it. )

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I hope you have a great time, whatever you're doing.

Also, that sounds like a great idea. I've been trying to do something similar in 'Haven back home. There's always so many people who need it. Especially with winter coming up.

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[Dick's been keeping his distance. Because he knows Jason needed time to deal with shit in his own way. And Dick? Well, Dick's not good at being the emotional punching bag. Not without getting angry in return.]

I know. And it's fine.

[Communication is key, after all. And Jason reaching out is good.]

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( it's not fine. but jason still isn't sorry, because he doesn't feel like he was wrong. it's not all on dick, jason does know that. he knows he was an asshole, he hurt people, hurt dick when he came back, but he also knows excuses were made for damian and tim's shit moves, leeway was given for them, but wasn't given for him. he was ostracized, left on his own, while the others at least. . tried with each other. and by the time dick had offered jason a hand, it felt like it had been far too late.

he doesn't know how to put that into words. doesn't think it'd be useful, anyway, because they're years past all of it and nothing they say now is going to change the past. so he uses a different tactic. )

there wasn't anyone around i could ask for help before
i'm still figuring out how to

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[It's not like Dick doesn't know he shares a good amount of responsibility for how things went. Part of the problem is that he can acknowledge that he has limits sometimes. What Jason needed, more than a few times, was well beyond what Dick could do.]

[It's hard to offer a hand when you're still juggling other people's problems.]

I should have been. I'm sorry I wasn't. I'm trying to be better about it now.

I will do everything I can to help you out. I just need to figure out when I need to be more proactive because not everybody is comfortable asking when they need help.

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i meant before that

( before he'd even been taken under bruce's wing. before he'd been robin. hell, dick's phone number and bruce's support was the most support he'd gotten - as far as he can remember. his mom tried, but she could only do much in her condition. jason learned not to ask for help, he learned to be independent. that independence and inability to lean on others is one of the biggest factors of why he'd fucked off and gotten himself killed, as far as jason's concerned.

and part of why he'd gotten himself in deep shit when he'd come back. why he got himself so fucked over. why when dick had offered jason his hand, jason had pushed it away. )

i know i'm not alone now
that i can ask if i need it

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[It takes a few minutes before there's a reply. It comes up with 'typing...' a few times before it stops.]

[Dick's not always great with words, but he wants to be.]

Are you in Central right now? No, wait, you're in New York, aren't you?

I owe you a hug next time you're in town.

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still living in central

( so he is in central city, not in new york. and is generally in town. )

but i'm not a kid

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Since when do you need to be a kid to get a hug?

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since forever

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Sounds fake.