[Here, there's a demon girl that's dragging over a chair that's as big as she is and sets it in front of Nightwing. She then hops up on the chair and sits in it.]
You don't look fine. Why don't you talk about it? I'm all ears.
*... and here's a circus performer by birth, in mixed company. Who's been raised, after the circus, by a millionaire concealing what he actually does. The smile is quick and bright and easy.*
Oh, I assure you, there's nothing to talk about, but thanks! Appreciated.
*because there are things that aren't going outside his team. And some that aren't going outside even to them.*
[There's a brief moment of disappointment, but she's big enough to let things go.]
Well, now I feel kind of dumb for bringing out the chair all this way. But if you're sure there's nothing I can help you with there's no sense in me waiting for you to come up with a problem. [She looks down to get off her chair before looking back up.]
*... just about anyone else (maybe other than Kaldur), he would have argued. But she's there. She knows. So he lets out a long breath, and nods.* It's good to hear that. Thank you.
*Because Kaldur is basically what stands now between them and Bart's future, as far as Dick can tell. Hence it being so hard, having to hear Wally out.*
*annnd eyebrows up.*
Yu-huh. You really aren't all that rusty. But that's not what I meant.
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You don't look fine. Why don't you talk about it? I'm all ears.
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Oh, I assure you, there's nothing to talk about, but thanks! Appreciated.
*because there are things that aren't going outside his team. And some that aren't going outside even to them.*
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Well, now I feel kind of dumb for bringing out the chair all this way. But if you're sure there's nothing I can help you with there's no sense in me waiting for you to come up with a problem. [She looks down to get off her chair before looking back up.]
You're sure there's nothing I can do to help?
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As for myself? I'm only the Number 1 demon delinquent from my Netherworld, soon to be all Netherworlds! Raspberyl's my name, but please call be Beryl.
[This is said with a strange mix of pride, politeness and cockiness]
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... I hope.
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WHY is Dick taller than Wally?! Does not compute...
But thanks to them, hopefully, we maybe have a chance. We. The whole planet. Not the team, not me. So we've got to keep on going.
*Somehow, the firm certainty... had been left somewhere back, and he couldn't find it again.*
I DUNNO. MAYBE THE SHOES?
Maybe.
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Mind if I butt in? >.>
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I'm... not even sure of that, anymore.
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What's going to happen if I have made the wrong call?
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[She hopes, at least.]
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*and it's not a big hope, at this point...*
You did real well back there.
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But of course you'd deflect. It's never really been hard to kick your ass so of course I did well.
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*Because Kaldur is basically what stands now between them and Bart's future, as far as Dick can tell. Hence it being so hard, having to hear Wally out.*
*annnd eyebrows up.*
Yu-huh. You really aren't all that rusty. But that's not what I meant.
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*not exactly a question.*
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... why, what happened?
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Alternate universe from yours. Alien invasion, and I got a part of my team in a situation that's... looking worse by the second.
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[Yes, he's in his Robin outfit and he stands up a little straighter under your gaze, as if daring you to challenge his right to wear it.]
Is it the Kryptonians? I always knew they were up to no good!
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What? No! *actually laughs.* Of course it's not the Kryptonians. Kroloteans, but not only. We're working on... finding out who the rest are.
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