dear_mun | I apologize to Discedo now...

*sorry, kiddo. Dick's been with the family thing for a longer time, easier to admit to what he knows.

And he almost laughs at Damian, there. Because way to show your rebelliousness, there, kid. Oh, wait, your dad was a bit older before he started, too...*

Of course not. Try not to bristle too much if somebody tries to take YOU as a stray. There are always some who think that's a good idea, in those places. A few of them are even correct.

*he's multi-talented like that, yes.*

[Look at both sides of Damian's family. He was screwed from the very beginning. Also, if you laugh at Damian, he will kidney punch you.]

I'm not a stray. [... you kind of are, Damian.]

*yes, well, will that ever stop Dick from trying to help? Do you think? And he knows that, which is why he managed to abstain from it. Barely.*

I know. How many people would understand that, though? *yes, and no. But definitely feral.*

[So you can learn, Dick.]

People who judge someone just from their physical appearance are idiots.

*on occasion. When he's in the mood and the wind stands fair.*

And people who have time to judge by more with no prior info are lucky. Even if you give them the opportunity. *and that IS a big if.*

[You should always be in the mood to learn.]

The clear and obvious answer to that would be not to judge, Grayson.

*... well, fine. Apply the learning, though, that's only when he's on top of his game. Or really under.*

I don't. But you try telling that to people who end up discussing who will 'adopt' you at the game.

[That's not something to be proud of, Dick.]

Tt. [Bristling angrily.] No one is going to be adopting me. I already have parents. [N-not that they'd ever win parent of the year award.]

*he's not. But trying to pretend it's not so would be stupid?*

Yeah, but chances are they won't be where you go.

Unless they are. And you'd have a whole different set of problems.

[True. Ignoring it would only make it a weakness.]

Just so long as my grandfather's not there, I don't care what they do.

*exactly. Know thyself and all that.*

... yeah. I can definitely support that. The absence of your grandfather, I mean, not the doing what they want with you.

They'd probably be too busy with each other to even notice I was there.

... you really don't know him very well yet, do you.

How could I?

*sighs, and maybe shifts a little closer. Not a hug! just... physically present.*

Slowly and paying attention. And not getting really angry when you don't understand what he's doing. I mean, you can, but it makes things slower.

[Damian... doesn't back away from Dick.] Tt. He's the adult isn't he? Why do I gotta do all the work?

*oh good. Yes, no, Dick knows better than to push that. But he's there.* He does the work. When I've... he knows exactly what we need, whether or not we know what it is, or if it has anything to do with what we want.

He just... he's just... not perfect. Can't be everything. And sometimes it shows in bad ways. But he doesn't mean it to. *to hurt.*

[And Damian might be leaning just ever so slightly toward Dick now. He can't help it, he misses his big bro.]

He doesn't trust me.

*urge to hug: rising. Missing totally mutual and Damian needs it, whether or not he'll take it... So, instead, Dick'll nod over to one of the couches, sitting close to his littlest bro and. Yeah. Not hug, just hang out. Really close.*

He'll get over it. Not that he'll let you know or anything. I guess he always expects us to figure it out on our own, or something.

[If he wasn't missing you so much, you'd so be getting a foot in the face right now, Dick. The fact that you're not speaks volumes, really.]

How am I supposed to figure anything out from that stone face?

*yes, yes it does. And Dick gets that. So he's not going to push it or even bring it up.

However, after Damian asks that, he turns to him, and his eyes crinkle.*

How about I get back to you on that?

[Poking Dick in the side with his finger a couple times.]

You'd better. You have to take responsibility after running off back to Bludhaven and leaving me to deal with him alone Grayson.

*exaggerated ow faces ~~but that kind of tickles~~*

Hey, you'd have liked being stuck between us even less. *which is also true*

[Thinking about the proposed scenario...]

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[And then this face.]

Oh god. You're right. Never come home.

And the rest of the time, the other way around.

lol

You know it's true. Trouble finds the Bats even when they're not looking for it. (Rare, that.)

If you go looking for trouble then you're ready for it.

There is a point to that... *strokes beard*

When did you get a beard, Dick?

Don't. Even. Start.

*innocent look*

*facepalms*

O.O What

Too many ways to interpret 'Dick has a beard'?

... are there more than two? O_o

If you count the non-capitalized version? Plus, some of the variations are more disturbing.

I don't think I want to know D8

Wise choice.

I'd like to stay innocent just a little bit longer

That is a sanity-saving decision, there.

And I have so little of it left too.

... *preserves it by replacing the imagery with Dick and Damian watching movies with popcorn*

lol it's not Zorro is it?

Well, it sure ain't Disney. Hey, maybe they go for Tron: Legacy or something.

Damian would so watch that

Parkour, kapoeira, and daddy issues. Yep. Both of them would.

1/2

And proceed to try all of it themselves later too

There is a point to that... strokes beard

innocent look

facepalms

... preserves it by replacing the imagery with Dick and Damian watching movies with popcorn