Guess who just found out about the spoilers for Batman Inc. #8?

[therealrobin]

No.

No.

I don't care about that. I don't. But you are not going to use it as an excuse to shuck me off to some cesspit.

I refuse.










You do know I know ways to kill you that are undetectable, correct?

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[ichoosefight]

I do have medical training you know.

[ She doesn't even so much as blink in his direction. ]

I'd be pretty damn good at it.

[therealrobin]

Are you keeping up with your "medical training" though?

[ Even though he doesn't make quotation marks in the air, his inflection clearly indicates that there are some. ]

[ichoosefight]

Well yeah. Kinda part of the job description, you know?

[therealrobin]

Are you telling me that if Pennyworth and Thompson are available, that you would know how to patch me up if I got hurt?

[ He looks her up and down before making a dismissive sound. ]

I find that hard to believe.

[ichoosefight]

I may not have surgical experience but I could keep you alive. Assuming I wanted to.

[therealrobin]

[ That gets her another glance, this one harder than before. ]

Tt.

You'd be too afraid of Batman not to.

[ichoosefight]

[ She actually snorts. ]

Oh, please. I am not afraid of Batman.

[therealrobin]

Tt.

Everyone is afraid of Batman. [ Except perhaps Pennyworth. And perhaps Grayson. They're more scared for Father than they are afraid of Batman. ] So you would risk Batman's ire by allowing me to die if not outright killing me?

[ichoosefight]

I'd risk Batman's ire for a lot of things.

But I wouldn't let you die, firstly because that's not how I roll and secondly because you're just a kid and you don't really know any better.

[therealrobin]

[ That makes him jump to his feet. ]

I was trained by the League of Assassins! I know more than you do, you boorish clod!

[ichoosefight]

You know more about how to kill people. But you don't know how to be a normal kid, or have fun, or talk to girls in a way that doesn't involve insulting them. You have much to learn, young grasshoper.

[therealrobin]

I have better things to do than be normal, have fun, or talk to girls.

[ He makes a face, because girls. Yuck. He is never going to be affected by hormones, Brown. Never. ]

[ichoosefight]

Now see? That's okay. 'Cause you're a little kid and you don't know any better.

[ You will, and god help us all when that day comes. ]

[therealrobin]

[ He walked right into that one, didn't he. It's like saying a girl is PMSing and then everything she says afterward, saying, "See?" He can't win this one. But he's still going to try. ]

On your feet, Brown! We're going to settle this!

[ He wonders vaguely how much trouble he'll get into if he pushes her off a rooftop. ]

[ichoosefight]

How? Rock Paper Scissors? Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots? [ She is enjoying this way too much. ] Pokemon battle?

[therealrobin]

I know thousands of ways to kill you, you know. Thousands.

[ Look who's forgotten that he's on a tight leash. ]

[ichoosefight]

So what you're saying is you're challenging me to Mortal Kombat? Okay, but I get to play Raiden. I know all his special moves.

[therealrobin]

[ He's quiet for a moment. ]

Swordwalkers.

[ichoosefight]

[ Her expression turns more gentle. ] You're on.

[therealrobin]

Fine. You'll have to buy it, though. I'll be at the manor, waiting.

If you decide to actually show up.

[ichoosefight]

You're kidding, right? The millionaire's son wants the nurse's daughter to pay for his favorite video game?

[therealrobin]

You're the one who agreed to the terms, Brown. Playing the game is going to be difficult unless one of us buys it. One of us being you.

And he's a billionaire. Not a millionaire.

[ Damian might not be upstanding enough to give her money for the game himself, but he has pride, damn it. ]

[ichoosefight]

Why can't we play a game one of us actually owns?

[therealrobin]

Because I want to play Swordwalkers.

For obvious reasons, I won't be getting the copy Grayson was going to purchase for us.

[ Spoiled, yes. Willing to play the "I just died in canon" card, yes. Going to bungle it? Possibly. ]

Unless you're too cheap. In which case, maybe you could put some of your French fry money to the game. Your thighs will thank you.

[ichoosefight]

[ If he hadn't played the "I just died in canon" card she would be fighting the urge to throttle him. Instead she grumbles. ]

Like I have money for french fries. Fine. Then Grayson can pay for it. Or better yet, Batman Inc can.