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WHO: bats & co
WHEN: April 30th-ish.
WHERE: Wayne Manor
WHAT: an important meeting.
NOTES\WARNINGS:
( with the announcement comes a need to prepare; one that, unfortunately for most of their group, requires planning together. thus, those from gotham and close associates either receive a ping on their devices, coded with instructions of when to meet up, or - a note left where they'd find it, equally coded, because no one's leaving obvious meeting notes behind.
the manor's massive living space is where everyone settles, rather than the cave. not all of them arrived in uniform, and considering goliath has made himself comfortable and is taking a nap - well. it's best not to disturb him. )
WHEN: April 30th-ish.
WHERE: Wayne Manor
WHAT: an important meeting.
NOTES\WARNINGS:
( with the announcement comes a need to prepare; one that, unfortunately for most of their group, requires planning together. thus, those from gotham and close associates either receive a ping on their devices, coded with instructions of when to meet up, or - a note left where they'd find it, equally coded, because no one's leaving obvious meeting notes behind.
the manor's massive living space is where everyone settles, rather than the cave. not all of them arrived in uniform, and considering goliath has made himself comfortable and is taking a nap - well. it's best not to disturb him. )
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( sounds promising. or maybe damian's just being sarcastic, which - is a lot more likely, really. damian rolls his eyes, but settles back onto the couch. idly sifts through his utility belt, taking stock of what he has left. )
I suppose you can make your own choices.
( he'll just judge a lot from the sidelines. )
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[He glances up, and looks over at Damian and thinks for a few minutes. ]
You know Bruce invited me to live here. I know you live here too. I'm thinking about it possibly after we get back, but I don't want to be in a place that's over-crowded or where I'm not welcome. What do you think about the idea.
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It's only Father and I currently staying in the Manor. ( so it's not particularly crowded. ) Pennyworth would hate to see so many rooms unused.
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[He only knew for sure that Bruce and Damian were, and that's why he wanted to run it by Damian because Damian's opinion mattered to Dick. He didn't want to just show up without warning.
This helped him feel a little more at home with the idea. He really didn't trust the apartments, and while he didn't know Bruce and Damian they were better than whatever bots and watchdogs might be roaming the hallways.]
Alfred ... [Dick goes silent for a minute. The man who was far more a role model for Dick than Bruce, and the one he kept in constant contact with during the years Dick pulled away. The thread that held his Bruce Wayne together. He can still feel the void. There's a quietness to his voice, even if his face doesn't give much away.]
...I lost him two years ago.
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alfred is still back home as far as damian is aware, but he knows bruce is very, very concerned for his alfred. knows there was an incident with riddler that left him hurt. damian's expression - shutters for a moment, before he stretches his legs out under him and gets up to his feet. reaches a hand out for grayson's wrist, and grabs hold of him to drag him out of the living area.
less for grayson's well-being and more for bruce's own. hopefully, grayson hadn't already shared that information with him and he didn't overhear it. )
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Even so, Dick would never had said it loud enough to where Bruce would hear. He's already heard the younger Batman speak fondly speak of the butler. Plus, Bats tend to not deal well with loss. It's a part of who they are.
Being pulled aside Dick raises his brow and looks down, leaning against a structure wherever they end up. It's Damian's turn to speak, since he obviously called this meeting]
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he's used to it. )
I'm sorry for your loss. ( the sorry sounds a little foreign on his tongue, but damian says it regardless. means it, in this context. ) But do not say that where Father can hear you. He is already overly concerned for the Pennyworth he'd left behind.
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I know. That's why I didn't say it loudly. I'd never say it aloud near any Bruce after watching what mine went through.
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There's space in the manor. Just don't invite Drake in. He's been staying in the side cottage.
( it's not that he's banished to staying there. it's that he's banished himself and damian's not going to encourage him to come inside. )
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Twisting his lips into a half smile, he nods. ]
I would never invite anyone else here. It's not my place. I will probably move in after the labyrinth though. It feels better than the apartments. Thank you, for everything.
[He knows he didn't need to say it, but manners are important and Damian has offered him a lot tonight.]
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You are not my brother. ( it's stated like it's simple fact, because it is. this isn't the dick grayson who became batman and named him robin, this isn't the one who damian had gotten himself disowned from the al ghuls for. who had left him behind with his father, because he wasn't ready for the kind of responsibility having damian round would take. but who had considered it regardless, as if it had been an option - because grayson would have made it one, if he could have handled it. ) But it doesn't make us enemies.
( no, that's the nature of the game they've been stuck in. save your world by proving what it's worth, thus destroying - everyone who was chosen as unworthy. but they're not currently facing off against one another, and damian doesn't look forward to that happening. )
Pennyworth would be disappointed in all of us if we decided to treat each other as such.
( two years gone, for this dick grayson. damian doesn't even want to ask how the rest of them are handling it. )
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I would never try to be your brother, or your enemy. I'm sure I will see you after the labyrinth then.
[He glances down and nods quietly. There's an ache in his heart for home, and since it's been days and not a month gone, Dick is still getting used to the fact that he's alone here. There are names that he knows, but no faces. He's trying to make connections but the birds and bats are a squirrely lot and he knows it well.
They like to keep to their own. He honestly doesn't feel like he fits in, but that doesn't mean he won't stop trying.]
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and this? damian's words weren't meant to anger, and he sincerely doubts that's what's happening here either. it's something else, which means - damian is going to spend a not unsubstantial time digging into this grayson, figuring out what makes him tick, why damian's words were enough to get him to close down like that.
but he nods his head in return, )
We'll reconvene after.
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Damian can do what he wants, but hopefully by the time this month is over Dick will have exhausted his anxious feelings and figured himself out. If not, then there will be the next month, won't there. It will happen eventually.
He'll eventually feel bad about being short, but right now there's not much more for him. ]
I look forward to that. If I don't see you before then.
[at least that much he knows is true.]