[Taking things slow and turning it into a more natural flowing conversation rather than something that felt like a personal interrogation fit Dick better right now. He'd been through the personal ringer lately with others and he really felt the need to sit back and relax a little with someone. Share a little city gossip as he got to know Barbara around the corners. He didn't feel the need to dive into favorite colors and places to eat. They'd get there, one day.

This was another way of learning about someone. Watching expressions, finding out what they deemed important to discuss, facial expressions, finger motions. It all told of who she was, and Dick noticed those things, because he was Dick. ]

I can't think about what's next yet. I am still dealing with the fallout of what happened all around.

[Dick is intimately familiar with what happened with Dick-- not only because he went through a drill situation with Dick, and escaped it after the other man had died, but also because Dick has had to deal with Bruce after he and Damian went through the wringer and the pain that's echoed through the mansion in the aftermath. It's not easy, and Dick feels that and understands that it had to be a bombshell for Barbara as well. Dick also dealing with his own fallout after the labyrinth and some of the things that happened to him there. Things that he did that weren't in his nature, and were forced on him. He'll make it through, but he's got no one he'd talk about them with at this point in time.]

So, wait. There were doubles last month? A labyrinth this month. I see that they really do like testing and pushing our limits. Now there's a new bubble city, and people. I have to wonder what that's going to mean for us. No, no killing, but the stakes are getting higher.