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[littlearrow]

No! No no no no no! I don't wanna go somewhere else, I wanna stay home with Daddy! I know he's busy fighting bad guys right now, but he'll come back. He always comes back and he'll be really worried if he comes home and I'm not there. I know Mia had to go too but I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself 'til somebody gets back.

If you're gonna send me somewhere, can it please please please be with people I know? Pleeeease? And no really scary places, you promised!

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[hackingyoursensors]

Don't worry: if your daddy's here, I'm sure he'll see this post. Until then, you can stay with me, okay?

[littlearrow]

Are you a Robin? You look like one.

[hackingyoursensors]

That's right! I'm the very first Robin.

[littlearrow]

... Uncle Dick?

[hackingyoursensors]

[Looks kinda startled. Worst kept secret identity ever, s-sob.

But he regains his composure and smiles]

That's right. But while I'm dressed like this, you should call me Robin.

How do you know my name?

[littlearrow]

You're my daddy's friend. But you're not supposed to be Robin...

[hackingyoursensors]

I'm supposed to be much older and called Nightwing, right?

What's your daddy's name? I have a lot of friends.

[littlearrow]

You're Batman now. You used to be Nightwing.

Roy Harper. I'm Lian.

[hackingyoursensors]

[Uhhh...]

Batman? Did he retire? [Because it's not like he can be severely wounded or die or anything. He's Batman.]

[And his mind just came to a complete screeching halt]

Roy?

ARE YOU PREPARED TO CRY, DICK

[littlearrow]

[She shakes her head sadly.] Nuh-uh. He died.

YOU MEAN MAKE DEAR_MUN CRY? YES, YES HE IS.

[hackingyoursensors]

[Quietly:] Died? A-are you sure? He's not just sick or something and I took over?

[littlearrow]

[Shakes her head again.] Daddy said he got killed by a bad guy named Darkseid.

[hackingyoursensors]

[Quietly:] Oh.

[It's okay, it's okay, it's a different dimension and it doesn't matter and it's okay.

Except it's not.]

[littlearrow]

I'm sorry... Are you sad...?

[hackingyoursensors]

[It takes him a second to answer. When he does, his voice sounds shaky]

I-I'm fine. Let's go look for your dad.

[littlearrow]

[She's just going to give him a hug.] It's okay to be sad.

[hackingyoursensors]

[He doesn't say anything but he hugs her back. If he had the capacity to stop and think about this, it would be really weird, hugging his friend's future!AU daughter. But she just gave him the worst news he could imagine and he doesn't care about much else right now.]

[littlearrow]

Maybe he'll come back! Donna came back and Uncle Ollie came back!

[hackingyoursensors]

[He nods and attempts to give her a reassuring smile. But he just manages a really forced, really unconvincing smile]

Maybe.

[Except, in his experience, the dead stay dead.]

[littlearrow]

I'm really really sorry... [She doesn't want Uncle Dick to be sad but she doesn't know how to make it better.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[He'll try to compose himself. But he'll be pretty down for awhile]

It's okay. Really. You were just trying to help.