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“Are we there yet?”
“No.”
“… Are we there yet?”
“Repeating that question won’t make time fly faster, chum.”
“Then… maybe calling the Flash will help? He works with you and is Dickface’s friend.”
“The League’s emergency lines are for emergencies.”
“But the trip is so looooonnnng.”
“I know.”
“And I’m boooooooooored.”
“I know Jason.”
“Then call the Flash!”
“No.”
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“Come on, don’t fall asleep yet!”
“It’s late Jaylad, you need to sleep…”
“Only when you finish the soliloquy!”
“Hmf…Alright…After that, lights out.”
How stand I then,
That have a father killed, a mother stained,
Excitements of my reason and blood,
And let all sleep, while to my shame I see,
The imminent death of twenty thousand men,
That for a fantasy and trick of fame
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot,
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause,
Which is not tomb enough and continent,
To hide the slain. Oh, from this time forth,
My thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth.
“Alright now, go to sleep.”
“One more scene?”
“No, you need to sleep. But we’ll continue tomorrow, I promise.”
“Ok… good night Dad!”
“… Good night. Son.”
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“I thought you hated guns.”
“I do. But apparently, everyone else uses them in Gotham so we must learn how they work. Not only for forensic work but also to better counter them. However, you cannot use them in any circumstances.”
“But…Wouldn’t a point-blank grappling gun kill a man like a real gun, no?”
“Hmmm…. Only if you aim for the head. Never aim for the head.”
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“You shattered his collarbone!”
“He’s a drug-dealing pimp! I didn’t think I had to prop up some pillows before we took him out.”
“We needed him. He would have talked, but you put him into shock.”
“… Sorry. That was dumb. But he deserved it!”
“That display of violence was unnecessary. You need to control your emotions, or else I can’t let you out as Robin again.”
“What?”
“You heard me. Now go to your room.”
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“I DIDN’T KILL HIM!”
“So, he just fell?!”
“YES! And good riddance! This guy has driven Gloria to suicide, he’s better off dead!”
“It’s not up to us to decide who gets to live or die. What we do is arrest and hand off criminals to justice.”
“Because the justice system is known to do its job? It’s rigged and corrupted!”
“I know. But there are people of honor who work in the system. I would have found a way to get them on the case.”
“And what if they lose? What if he is released in the future for so-called “good conduct”? They never take rape or suicide seriously.”
“Murder is still murder. Nobody has the right to take another person’s life.”
“Tell that to the Joker!”
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“You haven’t finished… We haven’t finished reading Hamlet…”
“…”
“We haven’t finished reading Hamlet…”
“…”
“You… You…Promised you would! You said… We’ll finish it together!”
“…”
“Please Batman, please!”
“…”
“Bruce!”
“…”
“BRUCE!”
“…”
“DAD!”