The pressure of being Batman shouldn’t have fallen on Dick, and yet it was always going to fall on him.
“I know. You don’t have to admit that. He’s an outsized part of our lives, and yours in particular for, what, 15 years now?” Tim’s closer friends don’t have traditional father-child relationships to compare with, but Tim doesn’t really need examples to land the point. Father, mentor, boss in a way. They built themselves and their lives with him in mind - even when they’re estranged, they still consider his reaction. “He’s your net. Or maybe he’s the whole circus tent, because he gives us all cover.”
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“I know. You don’t have to admit that. He’s an outsized part of our lives, and yours in particular for, what, 15 years now?” Tim’s closer friends don’t have traditional father-child relationships to compare with, but Tim doesn’t really need examples to land the point. Father, mentor, boss in a way. They built themselves and their lives with him in mind - even when they’re estranged, they still consider his reaction. “He’s your net. Or maybe he’s the whole circus tent, because he gives us all cover.”