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[batsymbol]

( this is very much from bruce's device, especially what with his and jason's trackers being reactivated again. )

Jason made it back. He's in one piece.

( and that's all. )

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[batsymbol]

Jason managed to get us out.

[torchbearer]

Though I should have guessed.

[ he just wasn't sure he was back on the apocalyptic dream scape or not. ]

[torchbearer]

[ kyle runs his fingers through his hair for a moment. ]

I'm not — I'm not super pissed or anything. I get it.

I just — I'm still human. I don't want people to forget that either.

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Why would you? I'm not the one who wears hickeys.

[torchbearer]

It's not my fault he bites!

[reneger]

I know.

( they're each other's anchor, right? reminding each other that they are still human regardless of all the other bullshit going on. jason doesn't let go of kyle, but he does shift to just - gently drape his arms around him. )

's why I asked Babs to check on you if I was gone a while. To make sure you remembered, too. She wouldn't think any less of you--she knows you're human, too.

[batsymbol]

Didn’t say it was.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle . . . leans into it. jason is here. his heartbeat rings in his mind. ]

We don't really . . . know each other though. That's what makes it weird.

[torchbearer]

Hickeys are not something I usually have to worry about.

[ it's not like any of his girlfriends before did that. ]

[reneger]

( that's. . . fair, he figures. kyle's a lantern, he exists outside of their fold. he was a titan, briefly, but it wasn't as if he spent much time with dick either. and jason was never a leaguer. )

I've only met Diana a couple times. Last time we chatted here wasn't--fun. ( she cornered him. he doesn't like being cornered. ) Wasn't sure who else to go to.

[batsymbol]

If I see any any time soon, I'll just ignore them.

( since jason is back now and all. )

[torchbearer]

[ he can't help a slight smirk. ]

You got into trouble with Diana?

[reneger]

( well it's. not wrong. even if the way jason's nose scrunches makes it obvious he doesn't want to talk about it. )

She interrogated me on why I took off.

[torchbearer]

You could ignore them to begin with.

[batsymbol]

That's mostly the plan.

[torchbearer]

[ woof. he can imagine how that went down. ]

She's hard to get away from, huh.

[torchbearer]

Mostly???

[batsymbol]

Go easy on Jason. I already gave him Hell for going after me.

[reneger]

I mean you've seen her. Fought with her. She's been my hero since long before I put on the R.

( present tense. because she still is. she is wonder woman. )

I wouldn't idolize someone who was easy to slip away from.

[torchbearer]

[ he smiles, wistful. he's worked with diana, so some of the hero worship has long since faded. ]

Yeah. She's incredible.

[torchbearer]

I'm not mad at him. He did the right thing.

[batsymbol]

It still couldn't have been easy waiting.

[hackingyoursensors]

i'll ask him for details.

[ Since you suck at giving reports goes implied but unsaid. ]

lmk if you need anything
i'm sure diana will take care of you though

[ :) ]

[torchbearer]

It's not.

But Jason needs to be Jason. That comes first.

[reneger]

( childhood hero-crush aside, because they don't need to go over that, ) I'm still figuring out how to talk to her outside of her being Wonder Woman.