[ Pleasantries dropped, Damian's keeping his sharp, uncompromising stare on the boy, even as he wraps his arms around his knees and rests there on the floor. His voice may be soft, clipped and posh, young as it is, but that stare -- and the steel underlining his words -- says the Robin means it.
The Talon won't be returning. ]
--We're not going to kill you, either. If that's what you're thinking. But you're not going to be abandoned to the Court's undoubtedly tender mercies.
[ This isn't even about Bruce. This is about Damian, and not wanting to let this injustice continue.
(Damian, who gets sick at the sight of brutalized children. Who considers himself the exception, the protector, and all others as unacceptable casualties in the stupid, horrible games that adults play.)
Despite his own harsh childhood, he was allowed his independence, his often too-strong sense of self and pride and entitlement, but what the Court has done to this boy is an abomination. ]
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[ Pleasantries dropped, Damian's keeping his sharp, uncompromising stare on the boy, even as he wraps his arms around his knees and rests there on the floor. His voice may be soft, clipped and posh, young as it is, but that stare -- and the steel underlining his words -- says the Robin means it.
The Talon won't be returning. ]
--We're not going to kill you, either. If that's what you're thinking. But you're not going to be abandoned to the Court's undoubtedly tender mercies.
[ This isn't even about Bruce. This is about Damian, and not wanting to let this injustice continue.
(Damian, who gets sick at the sight of brutalized children. Who considers himself the exception, the protector, and all others as unacceptable casualties in the stupid, horrible games that adults play.)
Despite his own harsh childhood, he was allowed his independence, his often too-strong sense of self and pride and entitlement, but what the Court has done to this boy is an abomination. ]
How old are you?