that doesn't say a whole lot, but to dick it says enough to put his mind at ease a little bit as he surreptitiously continues studying the other robin. it means that bruce is still around — still alive, still batman — and if this is some future-to-be then that definitely comes as a relief.
now, if this is some alternate universe where batman and robin are evil... well. dick will deal in whatever way he must, but from what he's glimpsed and gathered so far, that hardly seems the case.
although he comes to question that assessment soon enough.
he's caught up in the thought of bruce enough that he doesn't anticipate what happens next even if he should have. the prick of a needle instantly sets him on edge, makes him tense and brace for the worst as he expects to hit the floor any moment after the fact. fortunately there's no telltale wooziness and it becomes apparent what the other robin has done and why when he pulls away, quelling the instinctive urge to retreat and create distance.
dick doesn't know whether to be impressed or annoyed. he settles for something that's in between both. ]
Ow. [ flat and unamused, said pointedly only to make his displeasure known rather than an exclamation of actual pain. ] Not cool. You could have just asked.
[ he gets it though (precautions, blah, blah) and it's not unlike something he would do so he can't exactly hold it against the other robin. besides, the blow is softened by some more information given. rather than get huffy, he steps away to settle himself, moving with easy familiarity to lean back against the console where he can keep facing robin as the screen runs tests behind him. ]
Is there ever a good time?
[ no. ]
Guess he'll be gone for a while then.
[ he knows better than to ask for further details at the moment, but the curiosity is palpably there. ]
no subject
that doesn't say a whole lot, but to dick it says enough to put his mind at ease a little bit as he surreptitiously continues studying the other robin. it means that bruce is still around — still alive, still batman — and if this is some future-to-be then that definitely comes as a relief.
now, if this is some alternate universe where batman and robin are evil... well. dick will deal in whatever way he must, but from what he's glimpsed and gathered so far, that hardly seems the case.
although he comes to question that assessment soon enough.
he's caught up in the thought of bruce enough that he doesn't anticipate what happens next even if he should have. the prick of a needle instantly sets him on edge, makes him tense and brace for the worst as he expects to hit the floor any moment after the fact. fortunately there's no telltale wooziness and it becomes apparent what the other robin has done and why when he pulls away, quelling the instinctive urge to retreat and create distance.
dick doesn't know whether to be impressed or annoyed. he settles for something that's in between both. ]
Ow. [ flat and unamused, said pointedly only to make his displeasure known rather than an exclamation of actual pain. ] Not cool. You could have just asked.
[ he gets it though (precautions, blah, blah) and it's not unlike something he would do so he can't exactly hold it against the other robin. besides, the blow is softened by some more information given. rather than get huffy, he steps away to settle himself, moving with easy familiarity to lean back against the console where he can keep facing robin as the screen runs tests behind him. ]
Is there ever a good time?
[ no. ]
Guess he'll be gone for a while then.
[ he knows better than to ask for further details at the moment, but the curiosity is palpably there. ]