[ He's used to changing topics at breakneck speed with Bruce. It's the subject itself that throws him.
Dick's brow furrows behind the mask. Provisions? ... Family? And the rest of it — oh, he knows this is an important talk, but he doesn't know what ground is safe to tread upon. The talk of family, he doesn't know how to prepare for that. It's not a comfortable topic for either of them. But the responsibility, that legacy... he thinks he has the words for that. ]
I wanted this, you know. I knew the risks. I still do.
[ Because the legacy that Bruce is worried about... that's the one that matters to Dick. ]
And I don't regret any of it. I don't know who I'd be without it, but I know I'm better because of what you taught me.
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Date: 2014-09-06 09:39 pm (UTC)From:Dick's brow furrows behind the mask. Provisions? ... Family? And the rest of it — oh, he knows this is an important talk, but he doesn't know what ground is safe to tread upon. The talk of family, he doesn't know how to prepare for that. It's not a comfortable topic for either of them. But the responsibility, that legacy... he thinks he has the words for that. ]
I wanted this, you know. I knew the risks. I still do.
[ Because the legacy that Bruce is worried about... that's the one that matters to Dick. ]
And I don't regret any of it. I don't know who I'd be without it, but I know I'm better because of what you taught me.