looking for a home?

[gothamsheir]

Look, if you're not going to jump in with both feet, why bother at all? I'm not the kind of guy you take for a test drive. Your mistake was inviting me into your headspace in the first place.

Tell you what? Why don't you go watch those movies five more times and see if you're feeling a little more up to the challenge. While you're at it, think of a different user name. Even for Bruce Wayne, "Gotham's Heir" is too pretentious. [ Not unlike referring to oneself in the third person. In his defense, those last three sentences are mostly sarcastic. He's not going anywhere, and he's not letting his mun get off the hook so easily. ]

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[gothamsheir]

[ Pffft. ] I wasn't aware I needed to come with a warning sign.

[demon_brat]

*eyeroll* I do.

[gothamsheir]

Why would that be? [ He asks more for the sake of hearing how the boy answers. ]

[demon_brat]

*... for the record, Damian is being extremely careful and nice to this version of his Father. We'll see how long this lasts.*

Let's ... start from a bit further than a direct answer. Is anyone that you know of called the Demon's Head?

[gothamsheir]

[ Someone like Damian might notice his lips purse just the slightest bit. ] Do I really look like the kind of man who associates with someone who would call themselves "the Demon's Head?"

[demon_brat]

I didn't ask if you associate with him. I asked if you knew of somebody named that.

And if you happened to, you can probably make a few guesses why his grandson would need a warning label.

[gothamsheir]

If that name meant anything to me, I'm sure I'd be shaking in my boots right now.

[demon_brat]

No. You wouldn't.

[gothamsheir]

[ And moving right along... ] What's your name, kid? Don't make me call you Demon Brat.

[demon_brat]

*smart choice. Batbrat here is not very keen on keeping the Secret at the best of times.*

Damian.

[gothamsheir]

[ Sorry for the almost inaudible snort, Damian, he just finds your name kind of funny. ]

Imagine if you had been born an Arthur, or an Alfred.

[demon_brat]

*how much longer does Bruce think Damian can abstain from breaking his brain, hmm? Funny is a good step.*

Not my mother's style.

[gothamsheir]

And she certainly has style... [ He can't be sure, of course, but the way this boy seems to have been molded, it's not difficult to think a lot about his mother especially now that Bruce knows he has one. ]

[demon_brat]

And ambition. *why is he even on his best behavior with you? ... oh, right. Father. Even if... not quite.* But, yes. Mother does have style.

Not to mention that Pennyworth is so far beneath her notice that she wouldn't be naming anyone after him.

[gothamsheir]

[ Too bad he doesn't have a drink or something to choke on.

Despite the weight of the bomb just dropped, Bruce remains calm. ]

And now much is "Mother" paying you to pull this little stunt?

[demon_brat]

*An eyeroll and a mouth-twitch that could have been laughing out loud, if Damian were so trained inclined.*

Aw, come on, Detective. Do one better.

Although I suppose you haven't really encountered multiple Earths and Hypertime yet. Working on insufficient data always leads to wrong results.

[gothamsheir]

[ He's beginning to not like Damian very much. ]

Do you always go out of your way to cause this kind of trouble. [ Clearly Brruce is still swimming in denial. ]

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[demon_brat]

You call this trouble? Really?!

[gothamsheir]

It's troublesome, but it's not the first time someone has tried something like this.

[demon_brat]

Ah, but they would only want to be the heir of Gotham.

Mother's ambition was never that small.

[gothamsheir]

Do you do everything your mother tells you to?

[demon_brat]

Do you think that if I did, she would have implanted a chip when she transplanted my new spine which enabled her to neurally control me? *To tell by his voice, all if this would be daily business and not bothering him at all. Well, the transplant and the implant don't bother him.*

Her goals and mine have... diverged, recently.

[gothamsheir]

[ That sounds like a piss poor excuse for a mother, and suddenly his heartstrings are being tugged at with sympathy. Damian is clearly ahead of the curve, but he's a kid. No kid deserves that. But there's still his relationship with Ra's al Ghul that needs to explored. ]

Now, when you say diverged... [ His mother had it coming. ]

[demon_brat]

*now he's catching on. And the only reason why Damian doesn't hunch up for this is sheer will.*

I mean that last time we met *for this Damian* she proclaimed me enemy of the House of al Ghul. *shrugs* After we both refused to let my grandfather return to life by possessing my body, I'm sure he probably okayed that call later.

[gothamsheir]

[ Assuming he is believing anything this kid says--though it's pretty clear that Damian knows who he is-- Bruce has a coupe of more questions. ]

What did you do after your mother branded you a traitor? Where did you go? [ He can guess, but isn't sure he wants to. ]