( it stings but it's a pain jason's familiar with. he doesn't flinch until the gauze hits a particularly painful patch of skin, and is otherwise--fairly unbothered. doesn't let his expression waver, because bruce is opening up to him and jason knows damn well how hard that is. he's saying i'm sorry and thank you and he doesn't know how to take any of those. jason drops eyes down to the tension bandages for a moment, before he's looking back up into bruce's own.
there's empathy there, but there's also the stubborn determination that he also shares with bruce. jason isn't batman, he never will be. but he's got something batman doesn't have. )
I do what you can't. ( his voice is even-toned; not soft, not harsh, just--clear. ) An' I always will. There's lines you can't cross, but mine aren't drawn the same.
( bruce couldn't kill his parents, because they were his parents. jason would have had the same hesitation, and his parents were--significantly less parental than bruce's. but even if it hadn't been void monsters, jason would have done the same thing. if it had been zombiefied thomas and martha wayne, he would have eviscerated them. sometimes the darkest path is the right one to take. jason knows that. )
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there's empathy there, but there's also the stubborn determination that he also shares with bruce. jason isn't batman, he never will be. but he's got something batman doesn't have. )
I do what you can't. ( his voice is even-toned; not soft, not harsh, just--clear. ) An' I always will. There's lines you can't cross, but mine aren't drawn the same.
( bruce couldn't kill his parents, because they were his parents. jason would have had the same hesitation, and his parents were--significantly less parental than bruce's. but even if it hadn't been void monsters, jason would have done the same thing. if it had been zombiefied thomas and martha wayne, he would have eviscerated them. sometimes the darkest path is the right one to take. jason knows that. )