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Something felt familiar about...
...Batman, and Billy couldn't really put his finger on it.
...Captain Marvel, and Bruce knew exactly what it was.
He knew about the...
...Infamous Bat from Gotham, who hadn't?
...Exuberant new hero from Fawcett City, why wouldn't he?
But actually meeting the man...
...Felt like seeing an old friend somehow.
...Felt like taking a punch to the gut.
He was...
...Oddly comforting, like someone Billy had known once.
...Painfully recognizable, like seeing a dead friend would be.
He didn't say anything about it though, because...
...The last thing he wanted to do was make Batman of all people uncomfortable.
...What exactly do you say to someone when they don't remember who they used to be?
And really...
...Why ruin an unexpectedly nice surprise?
...Was that even CC Batson anymore in that costume?
But the strangest thing was that...
...Billy could've sworn his parents had known someone from Gotham once.
...Something about the way Marvel acted reminded him more of CC's son.
But that was just ridiculous because...
...What were the odds of his parents actually being friends with Batman?
...CC's son would be ten years old by now, and Marvel was a full-grown man.
He had to figure it out soon, though...
...Batman seemed really weird around him, like he was expecting someone else.
...Marvel seemed off about him, like he knew he knew Bruce but not how.
In the end...
...He'd just have to stay out of Batman's way and figure it out on his own.
...He'd just have to ask Marvel what he knew about a certain trip to Egypt.