( it's calling himself out more than anything else. jason wasn't superpowered as a kid, but he was a stubborn asshole too who thought every hand held out to him was poisoned. still thinks that most the time. because people are assholes. he's an asshole. )

I don't do lectures. ( he saves those for dick to pull off. would even call him in to figure out a kid he barely knows if he did need one. but nobody needs to have someone talk their asses off and scold them, that's just stupid. ) I'm saying I get it, an' I'm not out to screw you over. If I wanted someone to fuck up, I've got better choices than some scrawny little runt.

( he could go fuck with himself; making a mess of junior's things is always fun. there's rayner, stark, strange--and those are the friendlies who it'd just be fucking with in good fun. there's always gangsters to break open until they beg running around the streets of central, when he's feeling particularly violent. )