[ He flings himself into a dive, pushing for speed, throwing everything he has into the swing, the release, the arc, wind whistling around him as he moves, a blue-black streak through the air. Wayne Tower isn't far, but it isn't close, either; he'd give a lot for Blüdhaven's public transportation system right now.
But Martha Wayne. A surefire way to snag Bruce in a net, drown him in the guilt that's always tucked just out of sight, behind a cracking and too-fragile dam. Dick pushes himself faster, harder, he has to get there. ]
It must be his plushie.
[ Even now, it feels ridiculous to say, but hell — it's not like they don't deal with the ridiculous turned terrifying every day of their lives. ] They're transforming all over the city. Try to —
[ Get him away, get him safe, but even though he doesn't know this Bruce, he knows no version of Bruce would ever be able to tear himself away from his mother, no matter how horrible a vision she might have become. People across the city are fighting to keep their stuffed animals safe; he knows how far they'll go to win that fight.
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[ He flings himself into a dive, pushing for speed, throwing everything he has into the swing, the release, the arc, wind whistling around him as he moves, a blue-black streak through the air. Wayne Tower isn't far, but it isn't close, either; he'd give a lot for Blüdhaven's public transportation system right now.
But Martha Wayne. A surefire way to snag Bruce in a net, drown him in the guilt that's always tucked just out of sight, behind a cracking and too-fragile dam. Dick pushes himself faster, harder, he has to get there. ]
It must be his plushie.
[ Even now, it feels ridiculous to say, but hell — it's not like they don't deal with the ridiculous turned terrifying every day of their lives. ] They're transforming all over the city. Try to —
[ Get him away, get him safe, but even though he doesn't know this Bruce, he knows no version of Bruce would ever be able to tear himself away from his mother, no matter how horrible a vision she might have become. People across the city are fighting to keep their stuffed animals safe; he knows how far they'll go to win that fight.
This won't be pretty. ]
— keep her contained, Robin, I'm almost there.