conversations overheard through the batkid com lines pt 72 (masterpost here)
Faint male voice: you gotta flick your wrist a little more,
Faint male voice: there you go,
Tim: yo, Robin, you on your own tonight? i'm bored, come get waffles with me.
Damian: uh- sure, can Clarance come?
Tim: if that's the name of another mutant animal you're trying to tame, no.
Damian: no, the magician. say hi to Red Robin, Clarance.
Faint male voice: oh- uh, *awkward throat clear* um, hi, Red Robin.
Tim: wait wait wait- are you with that stage magician Hood has a vendetta against? the one he thinks is a meta because he can't figure out how he does his card tricks?
Damian: yeah. Hood has dragged him into our shit so much we've gotten to know each other.
Tim: so you guys just... hang out? the two of you?
Damian: he's a decent guy when you get to know him. he volunteers at one of the animal shelters in the Narrows.
Tim: you've made friends with a civilian that Hood calls his 'greatest enemy'?
Damian, tired: Hood has about twelve civilian 'greatest enemies'. Clarance is fine, Hood just can't stand the fact that he has honour and wont snitch on how he does his tricks.
Faint male voice: yeah- i really don't understand why he keeps buying tickets to my shows if he knows he doesn't like the magic. like, that's the whole point...
Damian, without missing a beat: his version of self harm.
Faint male voice: well he keeps tying me up and talking about needing to 'register me' with some sort of bat-laptop or something. maybe if you just register me like he says, then he'll feel better about me?
Tim, amused: oh my god, no, why is this man actually really sweet?
Damian: no, Clarance, Hood makes that up. we don't 'register' metas unless they're active rogues terrorising the city on a monthly basis. he just likes to spout bullshit when he's annoyed.
Damian: worry not, he will get over himself in a few months when somebody else pisses him off and he makes enemies with them. for now, would you like to join me and Red Robin for waffles?
Faint male voice: uh... i mean, if Red Robin is ok with it then i guess i am kinda hungry?
Tim: i'll meet you at the usual place. the fuck do you guys even do when you hang out together?
Damian: oh, i'm making him teach me his card tricks so i can use them on Hood whenever he pisses me off.
Tim, choking up: god- man, Robin, i fucking love you.
Damian: and that's why you're paying for the waffles.
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