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[brat]

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. )

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[cohero]

[There's that stubborn pride again that Dick feels like he knows so well. Dick doesn't know Damian's age, but god he was close to it when his own set in. They've lived totally different lives but that look, that singular look he can feel. There's a twist in his heart that makes him wish for a brief second that he'd one day know a Damian in his own world, but he knows that won't happen. His Bruce is too far beyond that, it's not meant to happen. Plus, there's no one like this Damian. He already knows that too-- no two people are ever alike, really.

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.]

[brat]

( there are many ways to respond to a thank you. a simple you're welcome which is obviously not what he's going to do. instead, damian stays where he's at. looks over this version of dick grayson, who is significantly different from his own. )

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. )

[cohero]

[Trust Dick, he knows very well that he's not Damian's nightwing. He knows that he's no where near it. It's hard for him to be here in the house, but he's doing his best to try and be true to himself. He's had conversations about it-- and while Damian's words are quite a smack to his face, despite him not meaning them that way. Dick stands and blanks his face. ]

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.]

[brat]

( he isn't like the richard grayson damian spent the last three years with. that's already obvious, but becoming more so by the minute: grayson covers emotions with a smile when he's able, when he's in a mood bad enough to not show any emotion, it usually means he's angry. damian has been on the other side of grayson's. . . irritation before. his exhaustion, but his anger has almost always been directed elsewhere.

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.

[cohero]

[No, he'll never be the other. He's never smiled through emotions. That wouldn't feel real to him. If he's angry, he lets it out and probably too quickly and without thinking. It's another thing he's been working on. He's gotten so much better too. This. This is what he's used to doing so that Bruce never accuses him of having emotions. He wasn't allowed to have them. When he smiles, it lights his face and always softens his eyes. It's always a real thing. Dick can't hide anything in a smile.

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.]