[ He lopes after Dick, letting the older man lead -- but only by a step or two.
(hotfooting it to match pace with Batman, playful and challenging when he'd throw on some extra speed to outstrip him by just a few feet, a wordless reminder that soon soon soon he'd be the one wearing the cowl, better keep up--) ]
Tell me you have an exit strategy.
[ Damian usually didn't get far when he tried for escape. He'd found a kill chute once that had helped him hold out against security, but it had left him with a dead end, inaccessible to anyone without the clearance: a door that wouldn't open for him, and some pissed off men with tranquilizer guns.
They round a corner, bump into a shocked guard, and Damian takes the enemy down during that window of surprise with a jump and a bootless foot to the face, almost effortless in how efficiently he knocks them out with the kick and keeps going.
(The curling, toothy smirk of satisfaction at the crunch says he hasn't grown out of his tendency to gleefully curbstomp his opponents at all.) ]
Because, no offense, if we get caught, I'm not sharing my room with you.
hey i put the tl;dr didn't i
(hotfooting it to match pace with Batman, playful and challenging when he'd throw on some extra speed to outstrip him by just a few feet, a wordless reminder that soon soon soon he'd be the one wearing the cowl, better keep up--) ]
Tell me you have an exit strategy.
[ Damian usually didn't get far when he tried for escape. He'd found a kill chute once that had helped him hold out against security, but it had left him with a dead end, inaccessible to anyone without the clearance: a door that wouldn't open for him, and some pissed off men with tranquilizer guns.
They round a corner, bump into a shocked guard, and Damian takes the enemy down during that window of surprise with a jump and a bootless foot to the face, almost effortless in how efficiently he knocks them out with the kick and keeps going.
(The curling, toothy smirk of satisfaction at the crunch says he hasn't grown out of his tendency to gleefully curbstomp his opponents at all.) ]
Because, no offense, if we get caught, I'm not sharing my room with you.