We've never tangled, Tim. And we never will. I'll be older and you'll be younger, and it'll happen exactly the way it happens. But if it was us? It would end a lot differently.
[Looks Jason over. The two of them are close to being the same age. The exact details of what Jason got up to at this time are still a mystery to him, but he knows they aren't anything good. Jason died a Robin, and returned a highly skilled, highly dangerous killer.]
You know how things go for you, Jason. You go from seriously troubled to completely insane. Is that what you want?
[He also thinks they're much more evenly matched at these ages; arguably, they're about physically the same and Tim is better trained. But Jason refers to their respective mindsets.]
That's a pretty stupid question from someone who's supposed to be so insightful. But it's not your fault if I've spent more time thinking about you than you have about me. I was supposed to be dead, after all.
It was a rhetorical question. [Continues watching him. After being held at gun point, beaten in his sleep, shot at, and bataranged in the chest, he is not letting his guard down around Jason.]
I became Robin because I saw how much of an effect your death had on Bruce. He never forgot about you. He's never forgiven himself for what happened to you.
It's easy to be sorry, Tim. It's like gravity — we can't shut it off or shrug off its effects, but we know how to deal with it, we don't hit the ground and die. We were both taught how by the same guy.
And I know him as well as you do. What's between Bruce and me is our business, not yours. As for what's between us, what do you want, a preemptive apology? I'm sure that'll make all the near death totally fine.
[Tim bites back his initial response, which is "No, you don't." If Jason knew Bruce as well as he did, then Jason would know that Bruce was never going to kill the Joker. Dick came so close to doing it, and Bruce was the one who brought him back so Dick wouldn't have to deal with the guilt.]
No, I don't want it because we both know it would be wasted. [Wonders why he's even trying. Well, actually, if he thinks about it a couple of different answers will pop into his head.]
What I do want is for you to think about how things can be different for you. Things are what they are in Gotham, but they can be different in this place. Try to convince your mun to send you somewhere new and different.
[The real question wasn't "would you kill the Joker for me," it was "would you shoot me in the face rather than kill the Joker." The answer Jason got was sufficiently close to yes, and helped him let go of some of the things he'd been carrying around since resurrection.]
Thanks for telling me what you want. It means precisely squat to me, but it's cool that you like to share. For your information, I know exactly what happens to me, and I know what I like, don't like, want, and don't want, so your input is about as meaningful as petrified dinosaur shit. Though a thousand times more patronizing, so congrats on that.
[Narrows his eyes in frustration and aggravation.]
If you know what you like, don't like, want, and don't want, then why don't you do something about it? Something different than what you've been doing, because it obviously doesn't workout for you in the end.
Yeah, and that was a joke, as I said. I've killed plenty of people — all of whom deserved it, by the way — but in proportion to the amount of people I've encountered, I'm by no means on a murder spree. If she chucks me into some godforsaken pocket universe I'm not going to just start shanking people left and right. Fuck. Are you done lecturing me yet? You're pretty annoying in photos, but at least I don't have to listen to you whine.
[Draws his breath in through his teeth. Despite the differences in age and appearance, Tim's having a hard time separating the Jason in front of him from the Jason who went on a killing spree in Gotham.
Forces his mind to think back to the conversation he had with Steph, when she asked him "What would you do if you met a younger Jason here?" He told her he would try and get him the help he needed.
Way to go Timmy, you've been doing an excellent job of that. Although he also suspects he's the last person Jason would want any "help" from.]
Yeah, I'm done [mostly]. Just try not to [screw up] shank anyone at all.
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You know how things go for you, Jason. You go from seriously troubled to completely insane. Is that what you want?
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That's a pretty stupid question from someone who's supposed to be so insightful. But it's not your fault if I've spent more time thinking about you than you have about me. I was supposed to be dead, after all.
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I became Robin because I saw how much of an effect your death had on Bruce. He never forgot about you. He's never forgiven himself for what happened to you.
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And I know him as well as you do. What's between Bruce and me is our business, not yours. As for what's between us, what do you want, a preemptive apology? I'm sure that'll make all the near death totally fine.
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No, I don't want it because we both know it would be wasted. [Wonders why he's even trying. Well, actually, if he thinks about it a couple of different answers will pop into his head.]
What I do want is for you to think about how things can be different for you. Things are what they are in Gotham, but they can be different in this place. Try to convince your mun to send you somewhere new and different.
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Thanks for telling me what you want. It means precisely squat to me, but it's cool that you like to share. For your information, I know exactly what happens to me, and I know what I like, don't like, want, and don't want, so your input is about as meaningful as petrified dinosaur shit. Though a thousand times more patronizing, so congrats on that.
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If you know what you like, don't like, want, and don't want, then why don't you do something about it? Something different than what you've been doing, because it obviously doesn't workout for you in the end.
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Forces his mind to think back to the conversation he had with Steph, when she asked him "What would you do if you met a younger Jason here?" He told her he would try and get him the help he needed.
Way to go Timmy, you've been doing an excellent job of that. Although he also suspects he's the last person Jason would want any "help" from.]
Yeah, I'm done [mostly]. Just try not to [screw up] shank anyone at all.