Not that he COULD run that well, even with as healed as his side is.
"I haven't told him anything other than to try to put himself in your shoes," Dick promises. "And reminded him that you're bad at emotions."
He has no problem being this honest about it with Tim. Tim knows, after all. And Dick has said the same thing to Bruce as well, so it's not like this is entirely new ground.
"That said. He told me about how you guys went for a walk. Stopped for a moment and he saw a seed pod on your shoulder, so he went to brush it off. You turned at just the right or wrong time and he brushed your cheek as well. Which he thinks weirded you out.
"That he took you down to get a look at Rivendell as you should have seen it coming in. And you got to talking about the future. And he started getting emotional and you promised him that he'd never get hurt by losing his best friend like that."
Because that's a promise Tim can make. They all know it isn't true, but...well, it's a promise that they all try to make, really. So that, at least, Dick can't blame Tim for. "He righted himself emotionally, you guys went back to joking a bit...then you got weird again and 'used your Starfire voice'--" Complete with air quotes because he's a LITTLE amused by that. "--because you were lying about being okay, but he brought you back up like you wanted and left you alone. Then came looking for me because he felt like he'd failed the conversation."
Then he settles back, letting Tim digest that for a few minutes.
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Not that he COULD run that well, even with as healed as his side is.
"I haven't told him anything other than to try to put himself in your shoes," Dick promises. "And reminded him that you're bad at emotions."
He has no problem being this honest about it with Tim. Tim knows, after all. And Dick has said the same thing to Bruce as well, so it's not like this is entirely new ground.
"That said. He told me about how you guys went for a walk. Stopped for a moment and he saw a seed pod on your shoulder, so he went to brush it off. You turned at just the right or wrong time and he brushed your cheek as well. Which he thinks weirded you out.
"That he took you down to get a look at Rivendell as you should have seen it coming in. And you got to talking about the future. And he started getting emotional and you promised him that he'd never get hurt by losing his best friend like that."
Because that's a promise Tim can make. They all know it isn't true, but...well, it's a promise that they all try to make, really. So that, at least, Dick can't blame Tim for. "He righted himself emotionally, you guys went back to joking a bit...then you got weird again and 'used your Starfire voice'--" Complete with air quotes because he's a LITTLE amused by that. "--because you were lying about being okay, but he brought you back up like you wanted and left you alone. Then came looking for me because he felt like he'd failed the conversation."
Then he settles back, letting Tim digest that for a few minutes.