[ The sudden appearance is unexpected, maybe annoying out of this context, but… also an enormous relief that comes wrapped in a complicated blob of feelings that equates it to getting caught by Nightwing when he’s falling or a public hug from Batman. Embarrassed, reassured, and proud, perhaps, to have someone like that in his corner.

Ignoring the vibe of ‘stay away’, which isn’t for him, Robin immediately moves closer to Superboy and gives him his back. He knows that they mean well, but he still feels much more secure in this 3:2 than he did as in the 3:1 of a minute ago. Nobody wants to be shocked. ]

You don’t have to apologize, S.B. They’ve made your case for you.

[ He nods to Batman and Batgirl, still bitter and pissed at himself for getting followed. ]

Don’t know how much you heard, but he’s saying the Joker might’ve implanted a small piece of CADMUS tech in me. If you can’t see it, there’s a chance they believe you and don’t taze me to fry it anyway.

[ Tim, if situations were reversed, might taze the person anyway, but he really doesn’t want to be tazed. ]

So just say what you see. There’s no arrow fragments or pins left, so any foreign bodies you see shouldn’t be there.