we're painting the town blue.

[skywire]

i hate captcha and so do you.

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You'd be surprised what you can get away with at lunch hour at the GCPD.

[skywire]

breaking my heart here
so you're helping him solve cases already?
what do you think about it?
I've always thought you could have been a good cop

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I think it's probably very difficult to be a good cop in Gotham.
And I'm pretty sure he wouldn't call it "helping".

[skywire]

I know
that's why I said it

I'm calling it helping
you're calling it avoiding the question

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I was kind of hoping you'd continue the trend of not calling me out for avoiding questions.

[ i mean ... it's like you want him to hold up his end of the conversation occasionally or smth, grayson, HOW RUDE. ]

There's always a certain satisfaction to "helping" solve a mystery.
But I've only ever gotten involved under very particular sets of circumstances that aren't likely to recur.
At least not without Jim starting to call it "obstruction of justice".

[skywire]

I've learned to pick my battles ;)

what set of circumstances?

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One that would've left me feeling responsible if the situation wasn't resolved efficiently and with as little harm to others as possible. Why?

[skywire]

I dress up in (kevlar weave!) tights and fight crime at night
what crimes people do and don't feel responsible for fixing and stopping is interesting to me

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Why?

[skywire]

why are botanists interested in flowers?
why are clowns interested in jokes?
I fight crime so I'm interested in why other people do or don't fight crime
it's what I've done since before I was your age
it's been my whole life

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There are ways to fight crime that don't require kevlar weave. More effective ones, arguably.

[skywire]

obviously!
it's why I said I always thought (the other) you could have been an excellent police officer
or a lawyer...
have you met anyone named Harvey Dent?

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Excellent police officers and lawyers concern themselves with due process.

I'm referring to strategic initiatives that target the systemic issues that cause crime, like those I help oversee as a legacy member of the Wayne Foundation's board of directors. Just because I don't back-flip off rooftops to punch criminals doesn't mean I don't think I have a civic duty to do what I can to help prevent crime and assist those affected by it. Sounded like you were implying otherwise.

Anyway, no, but I've heard of him. He's an ADA.

[skywire]

so you want to set up crime prevention nonprofit organizations? I think that's a wonderful idea. I used to volunteer at some of those

he's a good guy. very dedicated to his work. he might have a few tips

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I don't know.

[skywire]

about which part?

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They're all kind of interrelated so that's a difficult question.

[skywire]

I for one am a particular fan of Harvey Dent.

but I think you might be having more trouble knowing what to do about your own feelings on crime prevention and justice

and to be fully transparent:
I'm not sure you'd want to adopt me if you don't become Batman
but that really isn't on you
it's just something I can't stop thinking about

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In what sensible world does moonlighting as a bat-themed vigilante make a person more likely to adopt a child
Or, no offense, but perhaps this is the more salient question -- FIT to adopt a child

[skywire]

I know you don't mean to insult me but
you adopting me was the best thing that could have happened
it meant the world to me that someone cared
and that you saw me as someone capable of fixing things and helping
instead of just some broken orphan

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I suppose Alfred isn't the most conventional parental figure, either.

Of course, I'm legally emancipated.

[skywire]

I was taken in as your 'ward'
but you and Alfred raised me after my parents died
I'm not clear on whether you know all the details of that honestly
but it is what it is
I don't know who I'd be if you hadn't taken me in
but I don't think I'd like him nearly as much

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The bat isn't forthcoming with details about ...
anything, tbh. Not that I've asked about you or the others.

Anyway, I've already made up my mind.

[skywire]

my parents were circus performers
I was too
it was a family act
acrobats and trapeze artists
The Flying Graysons

we stopped in Gotham for a few shows
a protection racket tried to make us pay up and the circus owner refused
to retaliate they cut the nets and the wires
my parents swung first and I was going to jump out for them to catch me
but instead they fell to their deaths in front of me and a full audience

you were in the audience

I won't pester you with asking what you decided
that's up to you
not my business really

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[ ... hours ... later ... . . . ]

I didn't mean to imply you were obligated to tell me.