[ Barbara is still ultimately troubled by that, but she knows it's more in (their) Dick's corner than anyone else's. Damian's not wrong—about Batman always needing a Robin—but that doesn't make what it has to be doing—been doing for the last month—to Damian right in the slightest either.
Barbara asks the question, even knowing the answer. But there's more to asking it than the words, too.
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[ Barbara is still ultimately troubled by that, but she knows it's more in (their) Dick's corner than anyone else's. Damian's not wrong—about Batman always needing a Robin—but that doesn't make what it has to be doing—been doing for the last month—to Damian right in the slightest either.
Barbara asks the question, even knowing the answer.
But there's more to asking it than the words, too.
There's a lot of onus in his choice. ]
You haven't met him?
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You can all play patty cake at the Manor.
[ Oh, yeah. He knows you're all living it up there. Made sure to be as far away from that place as possible. Makes things easier this way. ]
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Cute.
[ A beat. Then. ]
Stay safe out there.
If you need me,
you know how to reach me.
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I am pretty easy on the eyes.
If I need you, I'm basically dead. Don't hold a funeral. I rather not dig myself out of a grave. Again.
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I'm going to hold you to that.
I'm fine with basically dead over actually dead.
You wouldn't be the first near-corpse I dragged from a sewer.
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[ And that's coming from him! ]
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[ He wouldn't. Not really.
But she's nothing if not able to fling it back. ]