considering ataraxion

[pertinacious]

Heck yeah! I'm back, baby. What took you so long?

Wait, what. He's HOW old? You have got to be kidding me-- Yessssssssssss. Okay, I'm in. Someone's gotta keep these batkids in check, and as the oldest I'd so be in charge! Plus, after dealing with Damian, I can handle any kid.

Even teenage Grayson!

You got it, Mun. Let's do this.

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[hackingyoursensors]

From what I've heard, there's a speedster who needs all the walls padded so he doesn't get bloody noses.

[totallyhisniece]

Well, you're not wrong there.

[hackingyoursensors]

Am I ever?

And we only say this out of loving concern, right, Artemis?

[totallyhisniece]

Exactly, eventually he'd end up with brain damage.

Probably we should just get him a nice helmet.

[hackingyoursensors]

We'll get him one that matches his suit, even paint little lightning bolts on the sides. He'll be the most stylish speedster this side of Central City.

[totallyhisniece]

We can write Kid Flash on the back in neon so people stop calling him Flash Boy too. It's only because we care.

[hackingyoursensors]

Glow-in-the-dark neon. Just to be safe.

He really should appreciate us more. We're the best friends anyone could ask for.

[totallyhisniece]

There you go. Can't get any safer than that.

We are, aren't we? And yet you just know he's going to protest.

[hackingyoursensors]

[DRAMATIC SIGH.]

He just doesn't realize that our so-called teasing is really just the concern one friend has for another.

[speedydeliveryboy]

I hate you both so much right now. [One of these days Wally will catch on that everything usually ends up coming back at him, but sadly, today isn't that day.]

[hackingyoursensors]

Is that the way you treat people who are concerned about your well-being? What would The Flash say?

[totallyhisniece]

Probably that he should try treating his friends better.

[hackingyoursensors]

Yes.

And he would totally agree that KF needs a helmet.

[totallyhisniece]

That's because his new friends wouldn't want his brain leaking out his nose either. Everyone cares.

[hackingyoursensors]

Exactly. And, hey, maybe if we get the right helmet, it'll help with his aerodynamics. It's a win-win.

[totallyhisniece]

Ah, but do we want him to run faster into the walls? Even if he has a helmet that added speed could hurt the rest of him.

[speedydeliveryboy]

Perhaps that's something you should consider yourself. [Yeah, he's still bothered by how the last mission went.]

[totallyhisniece]

[Don't start, Wallace.]

I treat my friends fine.

[speedydeliveryboy]

[Too late.]

Right. I guess that explains things then.

[totallyhisniece]

[Fine. Don't mind her as she gets up in your face, then.]

Whatever reasons you think I had for what I did, they're wrong.

[speedydeliveryboy]

That I should start looking for new better friends? [Friends that let him have a say in the design of his helmet.]

[hackingyoursensors]

That hurts. My poor heart is breaking, KF. Breaking. [Friends don't let friends with bad taste design their own costumes.]

[speedydeliveryboy]

Dude, like I could ever actually stay mad at you. I mean, it would be a tragedy if an epic friendship like ours ever ended. [Glow-in-the-dark neon, Rob? Wally would never wear that in public. Maybe in private. ]

[hackingyoursensors]

That's actually kind of touching. And a relief because I think the universe might implode if our epic friendship disappeared. There'd be nothing epic enough to fill the void.

[speedydeliveryboy]

I know, right? All other friendships aspire to be as epic as ours is, but unfortunately for them, their fighting a losing battle. Nobody can reach the level of epic that we have.