[And of course this is when Elle walks by. She's walking somewhat delicately because, like an idiot, she forgot to dedicate the fucking pink friendship bracelet so it sits above her left paw and mocks her every step. If she could laugh in this form, she'd be poorly suppressing it. But less in a funny way but more in a desperate what-is-my-life way.]
[She just wanted to have her own freak out in peace! Find a nice whole in the ground and cry, maybe have another panic attack. Kon and Tim managed to be in the one direction that goes away from all of this bullshit and now she's forced to overhear two emotionally constipated teenage boys try to figure out their feelings.]
[And Elle gets it. They care about each other. A lot. But right now she's finding it hard to be gracious when every time she's hit with a wave of emotion (which is constant, at the moment) she instinctually tugs on a pack link that isn't there because her pack was fucking ripped from her mind. She feels hurt and betrayed and Kon and Tim have each other and Dick and Elle has nothing and no one.]
[So she overhears the most awkward love confession (and attempted cover-up) known to (Super)man, gets tripped up in her own head and ends up pausing just long enough to show that-- yeah, she definitely heard that-- before she catches herself and keeps moving.]
Re: GAIA
[She just wanted to have her own freak out in peace! Find a nice whole in the ground and cry, maybe have another panic attack. Kon and Tim managed to be in the one direction that goes away from all of this bullshit and now she's forced to overhear two emotionally constipated teenage boys try to figure out their feelings.]
[And Elle gets it. They care about each other. A lot. But right now she's finding it hard to be gracious when every time she's hit with a wave of emotion (which is constant, at the moment) she instinctually tugs on a pack link that isn't there because her pack was fucking ripped from her mind. She feels hurt and betrayed and Kon and Tim have each other and Dick and Elle has nothing and no one.]
[So she overhears the most awkward love confession (and attempted cover-up) known to (Super)man, gets tripped up in her own head and ends up pausing just long enough to show that-- yeah, she definitely heard that-- before she catches herself and keeps moving.]