[He's not sure how much he believes the reassurance; he could never tell what Batman was thinking whenever the man looked at him, could never figure out whatever expression is on his face. But then, that was mostly the case with anyone in this house.
Adults were frightening. Especially the Waynes.
He lags behind for a moment or so, staring at the snow at his feet, most of him still numb from the turn of events. He hurries to follow once Damian is a certain distance away, picking up his feet and scrubbing at his face with the sleeve of the coat while Damian's back is still in front of him.]
OK. [He didn't really know much about picking a place to stay. He likes the idea of a big window, though he knows from creeping into Damian's room that the rooms at Wayne Manor are not anything like the small sleeping spaces he's used to.]
But I've never been to school before.
[You couldn't really pick up what you never actually started in the first place. Haly's had something of a tutor, the kids there learned the basics, anything needed to get by, but there had never really been a need for normal schooling, nor the time. Writing and Arithmetic and History certainly weren't the kind of things that'd been prudent to teach an assassin that was only supposed to follow orders.
And he's honestly pretty sure that Red Robin was even more suspicious of him than anyone else, and seemed to be the busy type.]
Um... [His voice is still quivering a little, trying to imitate the easy normalcy Damian speaks with, and he hurries a bit more to meet his pace again.] Did-- did you go to school? With the League?
[He said they'd kinda been in similar situations, right...?]
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Adults were frightening. Especially the Waynes.
He lags behind for a moment or so, staring at the snow at his feet, most of him still numb from the turn of events. He hurries to follow once Damian is a certain distance away, picking up his feet and scrubbing at his face with the sleeve of the coat while Damian's back is still in front of him.]
OK. [He didn't really know much about picking a place to stay. He likes the idea of a big window, though he knows from creeping into Damian's room that the rooms at Wayne Manor are not anything like the small sleeping spaces he's used to.]
But I've never been to school before.
[You couldn't really pick up what you never actually started in the first place. Haly's had something of a tutor, the kids there learned the basics, anything needed to get by, but there had never really been a need for normal schooling, nor the time. Writing and Arithmetic and History certainly weren't the kind of things that'd been prudent to teach an assassin that was only supposed to follow orders.
And he's honestly pretty sure that Red Robin was even more suspicious of him than anyone else, and seemed to be the busy type.]
Um... [His voice is still quivering a little, trying to imitate the easy normalcy Damian speaks with, and he hurries a bit more to meet his pace again.] Did-- did you go to school? With the League?
[He said they'd kinda been in similar situations, right...?]