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[Dick's gone back and forth on saying something public about this, because while he's still kind of freaking out about this and knows this isn't his Bruce, he still feels weird basically siding with the other wardens/the good of the Barge instead of him. This wasn't exactly the father/son reunion he was expecting. :c] That isn't the Bruce Wayne from our world. If he says anything to anyone that gives you reason to be concerned, I want to know about it immediately.

[This is legitimate, okay, he's already talking about staging an escape attempt. B(]

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I need you to tell me everything he told you. [This is an order, not a suggestion. :|]

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[Private to Sara]

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[He was going to message you both, but he really doesn't know what he wants to say, and there's a pressing issue he needs to deal with right now.]

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[Dick isn't honestly sure how he's processing all of this. He's angry, he's frustrated, he feels like he's running on adrenaline but doesn't have anything to do with it, which means he's been pacing and kind of shaky the entire time he's been talking to Bruce. It's stupid, he knows it's stupid to get this worked up over the Barge throwing something like this at him, and really, with all the different realities out there, he probably should have been anticipating it. But that doesn't make it any easier to deal with, and it doesn't change the fact that he's seen what that kind of psychotic break does to someone like them, and he's never really actually... dealt with the fact that he'd been killed by someone with a pretty similar mindset.

At least this time, the crazy murderous Batman apparently wasn't planning on holding a gun on him any time soon.

Which is actually the more pressing issue he needs to deal with right now, so, message composed and posted, Dick tosses his comm down and head out of his room down the hallway and knocks at Tim's door impatiently.]

It's me.

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I'm not talking about fighting, Dick. He doesn't know how Tim watches people, or how Steph listens, or how Cass reads them. We can use that. The more we know about him at any given moment, the better.

I'm not saying they should spy on him. [...Well, she might have asked Steph to do it, if it was feasible. Girl's snuck up on him before.] I'm saying they can interact with him and learn more than he realises.

Do whatever you want with Steph and Cass, but I'm not making Tim do that. [And there's something about the way he says it that indicates he's not going to hear arguments to the contrary and he's not explaining himself either.]

I'm pretty sure that's Tim's decision to make. I'm not going to force it with any of them.

I might be able to swing technical surveillance, too. I don't... [And for the first time since the beginning, her voice goes quiet.] I don't think Oracle exists, in his world.

[Dick has unfortunately developed a bit of a one track mind on this subject, and doesn't really pay much attention to the Oracle comment, filing it away for later but not talking about it.]

I honestly don't care what plan you come up with, but you're not getting Tim involved.

Last time I checked, Tim was a grown boy who could make his own choices.

I'm also pretty sure I don't take orders from you.

If you care about him at all? You'll drop the subject and listen to me. This isn't about giving out orders, this is about me looking out for my brother, and if you don't get that? We're done here.

You're not acting like a brother right now, you're acting like Batman. Pick one and then we'll talk.

[There's a moment where Dick considers just telling her what happened, but he's too angry and it's just too personal to want to get into with most people, and honestly? He's learned how to cope without having Babs around. He used to tell her everything, but that was years ago, that part of his life was pretty clearly over and she clearly doesn't get it, which makes it really easy to hang up on her.]

I think we're done.

[Part of her wants to leave her room right now and make this right.

The rest of her, however, is entirely too irritated.

She'll just go work on those bugs.]

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