Homeless, maybe DDD?

[no_ordinary_citizen]

I doubt you've thought this through very well, mundane. There is so little you know about me, after all.

Besides, you are much better acquainted with my friend than with me. Why waste your time trying to write on behalf of someone who's a mystery to you?

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[yourliberation]

Isn't the answer obvious?

[no_ordinary_citizen]

I'm afraid I don't know what you mean, my friend.

[yourliberation]

Arrogance, Talia. They are all of them arrogant.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

As are most people. I suppose we can't expect them to be any different.

[yourliberation]

They have not suffered to learn our humility.

You will make them suffer, if they persist. Then perhaps they will be worthy of you. Or I will cut them down.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

No, they haven't. Not enough to understand. Even if I tried to teach them, I'm not sure they ever could.

[yourliberation]

Then they should leave you to your work.

[Always the protector. Always. Until the end, but he doesn't know about that yet.]

If they don't know to leave well enough alone, I will find you.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

Ah, if only it were that simple.

[She knows. There’s affection in her tone, knowing the depth of his loyalty.]

This mundane seems rather…obsessive, at least for now. I would not mind being found if she does not relent.

[yourliberation]

[She is the only person alive who remembers his smile. His eyes tilt with it.]

You're never alone. Not while I breathe.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She smiles in return.]

And neither will you. Not as long as I can walk to your side.

[yourliberation]

[He touches her hair, lightly, with the back of his hand.]

Together, no one can stop you.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She doesn’t resist the gesture; if anything, she shifts slightly closer to the other man.]

I’d like to see anyone try. After all our planning, I doubt anyone even knows half of what we’re capable of doing.

[yourliberation]

[She is flawless. His near little sister, the brilliance behind his brutality. He is actively petting her hair now. Easy, to adore her.]

They shouldn't dare. Of course, they will. Would you like their heads on pikes?

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She’s still smiling, but there’s something more cunning to her expression as she hear’s Bane’s words and envisions them.]

As many as you’re able.

[yourliberation]

[Perfect girl.]

We might run out of pikes.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She chuckles darkly.] That's quite alright. We can always make more.

[yourliberation]

[He laughs as well.]

Always so ambitious. even the Pit couldn't put that out.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

On the contrary. The Pit was what gave it to me. [Her smile shifts, becoming more wry.] Just because I'm free of the that place doesn't mean I've ever stopped climbing.

[yourliberation]

Good girl.

[He is always so proud of her. Now, he wraps her in loose embrace.]

No. Good soldier. The best I've ever known.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[Her smile grows warmer again, and she accepts the embrace, leaning her forehead against his chest.]

You praise me too highly and sell yourself too short, my friend. I could have easily been just a lost little girl in a pit.

[yourliberation]

As if I would've ever allowed that.

[Bane refuses to imagine what would have happened without him. Not for her. Not Talia.]

I praise you exactly enough. I threw you to the wall. You climbed out on your own.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She shakes her head as if to refute it, but she answers:] It doesn't matter. What does matter is that if we stay at each others' sides, we can surmount whatever we choose to. Even the Pit.

[yourliberation]

Yes.

[How he attends to her brilliance. She's captivating in her rage and determination.]

I need you there. I'm not half of what I should be without you.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She shifts so she can look up at him, and she lightly touches the mask.] I will be there. If you wish me at your side, I will come.

[yourliberation]

[No one else may ever touch it. No one dares. For her he softens.] If you're not pressed elsewhere. I can't blame you for fulfilling your responsibilities.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

There's need to worry on that account. I think, for the moment, our responsibilities are one and the same.

[becomethemask]

People are often drawn to mystery, even if said mystery is dangerous.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She grins a little.] Are you calling me dangerous, Detective?

[becomethemask]

Or mysterious. Pick what you think it fits you best.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

[She chuckles.] Both suit me well, I think.

[peculate]

Some people like mysteries.

[ Of course, some people like coffee ice cream. Some people like working for the IRS. Some people like turning cities into third world messes for kicks.

No remarks on taste. ]

[no_ordinary_citizen]

And you would know that well, I'm sure. And used it for your own gains.

[peculate]

Doesn't every girl?

[no_ordinary_citizen]

Some do. [She can't exactly count herself out of that estimation.] Some for better goals than others.

[peculate]

Some for more elaborate goals than others, you mean.

[no_ordinary_citizen]

I mean what I said. Some think of their own selves and others think of far more than just their own survival.