â  fine, but in protest, iâm walking over there extremely slowly! â  / @detectimâÂ
         dickâs never really wanted to be a meta.   in his line of work, maybe he shouldâve. maybe wished upon a falling star every time he was in the medbay in hopes of attaining an indestructible body, or hell, replication for every time heâd needed to be in two places at once.  not once had he actually hoped for it beyond a passing thought.   an idea heâs not even sure heâd want.     WHICH MAKES TODAY THE FIRST.    right now, dick would take teleportation, or hell even invisibility without hesitation if that meant delaying the inevitable.          he hasnât been back here in awhile. not since . . .  yeah.    hasnât seen bruce in almost the same, and while heâd like to say that all of his late night rants to wally and pseudo arguments with dickâs own mirror on what heâd even say in this exact situation, got it out of his system . . .  heâs not ready to make up.      that would require forgiveness and dickâs not sure if either of them have it in them.         ENTER TIM DRAKE.     the kid who knows all their secrets.     the kid who wouldnât go home, and dick couldnât just leave alone, thus resulting in their respective spots at wayne manor.  alfred let them in.  dick didnât have his key anymore, and while heâd kind of hoped beyond hope that maybe bruce was space-side right now or some equivalent distance away, theyâd been informed heâd be home in five minutes.   he gets what tim is trying to do here but from PERSONAL and years of experience : it wonât work. dickâs not even sure he wants it to.        timâs slow protest walk was looking more like a crawl. or maybe even just a standstill, and dick rolled his eyes good-naturedly. above all else, tim was a good kid. maybe a bit idealistic, and with shocking detective skills most grown adults donât even develop, but dick wouldnât let his frustrations with bruce come out against an innocent kid. that was always his lesson to learn.      anyways, maybe it would actually be best if tim stayed for what was next to come. maybe he & bruce needed a reason to behave.      â fine, but if you stay, let me talk to him first. â    Â
