Robin shrugged. He obviously couldn't talk, he was sending four assassins against one target.
He flared his cape and draped it over the back of his chair. That wasn't exactly a polite question, and, well, there was no real polite answer to it.
"I do know a thing or two about being alone in the world," he said stiffly, "and then having one adult singlehandedly change your life. It's an overwhelming thing. Uberoverwhelming, even ultra-uber-overwhelming. Kids are powerless, and when an adult chooses to use that power to-- save you, like Batman did for me?"
He ran a hand through his hair. He rarely tried to articulate this feeling, the awesome gratitude and the bone-deep knowledge that nothing on this Earth he could possibly do -- except maybe solve the Waynes' murders -- would ever be even half as adequate repayment for Bruce.
"I mean, I could have ended up in foster care, he didn't know me, or anything about me, I don't even know why he was at the show that night, it's not really his scene--" Get a grip, Grayson.
He cleared his throat. "Point of it is, he never asked me to kill anyone. I mean, I chose the vigilante thing, mostly for revenge, at first -- justice came later -- but this has always been what I want to do with my life."
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He flared his cape and draped it over the back of his chair. That wasn't exactly a polite question, and, well, there was no real polite answer to it.
"I do know a thing or two about being alone in the world," he said stiffly, "and then having one adult singlehandedly change your life. It's an overwhelming thing. Uberoverwhelming, even ultra-uber-overwhelming. Kids are powerless, and when an adult chooses to use that power to-- save you, like Batman did for me?"
He ran a hand through his hair. He rarely tried to articulate this feeling, the awesome gratitude and the bone-deep knowledge that nothing on this Earth he could possibly do -- except maybe solve the Waynes' murders -- would ever be even half as adequate repayment for Bruce.
"I mean, I could have ended up in foster care, he didn't know me, or anything about me, I don't even know why he was at the show that night, it's not really his scene--" Get a grip, Grayson.
He cleared his throat. "Point of it is, he never asked me to kill anyone. I mean, I chose the vigilante thing, mostly for revenge, at first -- justice came later -- but this has always been what I want to do with my life."