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[torchbearer]

Uh, yeah. Of course I do.

[batsymbol]

Then trust me not to start something unless I need to.

( or at least has all the facts he needs. )

I have people here I need to keep safe. ( his kids. ) You’re included in that. I just want to be prepared in case anything happens.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle blinks, a little surprised. he hadn't expected to hear that. ]

. . . Okay. Fair enough. You wouldn't be you if you didn't do that.

[batsymbol]

( that fleeting look of surprise kyle wears doesn't go unnoticed with bruce. )

We're on the same team. Here and where you're from. Your safety isn't any less important because you're not a kid of mine.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle doesn't really know how to respond to that. because, well, of course it is. that's how it should be. it's not like he thinks batman will hang him out to dry, but . . . kyle's a lantern. a broken mess of a lantern, who held it all by the seams.

he's just some guy. ]

It's fine if it is.

[batsymbol]

You ever win any arguments with me?

[torchbearer]

[ kyle grimaces lightly, thinking of their last argument when terry was attacked. ]

No, but that never really stopped me.

[batsymbol]

Well don't start now.

( because he's said what he's said and therefore, that's that.

turning back to his things on the table, he pushes them around a bit. mulls over the things kyle has told him. )

It's just the two of us here as it is anyways.

( from "the league" and all. )

[torchbearer]

[ hm. ]

If it's your future, I'm not the Green Lantern for the league. He probably means Hal or John Stewart.

[batsymbol]

Well I don't know a Hal or John Stewart. I have you. That's enough for me. Right here, right now.

( stop thinking you're not enough, kyle. )

[torchbearer]

[ that is enough of an echo of bruce's old words to kyle that he does stop short. "you are the League's Green Lantern. we trust you with our lives." ]

. . . Okay. You're the boss.