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i can't believe b didn't lecture you on how to pick every lock known to man
i was thirteen when i got that lesson
he's growing more and more lazy with age

he lectured me plenty.

but he let me do things my way.

makes sense
you were way too old by then for him to do his usual, molding padawans into his vision bullshit

it has pros and cons.

like kill plans if you go rogue.

i can kill crazies if i want to
it just also comes with timeouts in arkham, or booted out of gotham

yeah we didn't have timeouts.

bruce had plans that ra's al ghul stole once. plans to debilitate us. it nearly broke the justice league. in fact, they voted him out for it.

yeah
that doesn't surprise me at all

no.

[ even now, kyle isn't really mad about it. ]

like i said, pros and cons.

he let all of us think nw was dead, once
when he was really just running around playing secret agent man

intentionally kept it from all of us, even little d
and back then, he'd been more nw's kid than b's

that's who he is. he'll always do whatever it takes.

i know

[ jason would know. so do the rest.

and yet. the struggle is there. kyle felt the cold touch of it in his early days. now, not so much. batman is batman and kyle is . . . kyle.

for now, anyway. ]

but it bites. i know.

( he started this by bringing up bruce. but also: this is a shitty topic to dig into. so. )

sucks to suck

not everyone can be as great as i am

it's certainly not because of your ego.

don't be jealous just because i'm confident

( he isn't. sure of himself in certain situations, sure, but jason's self-confidence is usually running on empty. he's great at playing at having an ego, which is clearly just as good. )