Yeah... been thinking about that. [ It's an excuse to turn his face away, pretending to observe the skyline. He's thought about it too much. ]
...He doesn't remember. I tried-
We tried everything. Every test. He believes me, which... I mean, I guess that's kind of amazing.
[ He knows that it is. That it isn't Bruce's fault, that he's only doing now what he'd promised Dick he'd always do for him.
But he doesn't know. He can't know what it was like there, how it felt to be ripped from home with no warning only to be toppled back with no time lost. What it felt like to starve and then have to come home filthy and emaciated and beaten. A living crime scene for Batman to solve. Grounded for months while the answer never came, fighting his own weakened body's slow recovery, his fears for Damian and Rue. For everyone he would never have willingly left behind.
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...He doesn't remember. I tried-
We tried everything. Every test. He believes me, which... I mean, I guess that's kind of amazing.
[ He knows that it is. That it isn't Bruce's fault, that he's only doing now what he'd promised Dick he'd always do for him.
But he doesn't know. He can't know what it was like there, how it felt to be ripped from home with no warning only to be toppled back with no time lost. What it felt like to starve and then have to come home filthy and emaciated and beaten. A living crime scene for Batman to solve. Grounded for months while the answer never came, fighting his own weakened body's slow recovery, his fears for Damian and Rue. For everyone he would never have willingly left behind.
His head tips down at last. ]
I remember. But he doesn't.