we're painting the town blue.

[skywire]

i hate captcha and so do you.

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[skywire]

with his help

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Good.

[skywire]

thanks
anyway after that I didn't want to stop and that's where the "vintage children's illustrated Robin Hood" came in

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Why did you want to continue?

[skywire]

for a lot of reasons
I wanted to help people
I wanted to make Bruce's job easier
I thought Batman would be more effective with a partner
especially a cheerful one
I wanted to cheer him up
I thought on some level it was the only way he'd keep me around
and the thrill of it didn't compare to anything
it still doesn't

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I'm sure he thought a cheerful adolescent tag along was the perfect addition to his arsenal.

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Bruce
I know you have your problems with him but I love him like a father
and I don't regret any of it
it made me feel strong and capable again
it made me feel like more than the crying kid in front of an audience of a hundred terrified people
I know you think it's stupid
but it meant the world to me

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I'd like to ask you some things I can't help wondering.
They're sort of personal.

[skywire]

as long as they're not about my romantic life, feel free 👌

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Thanks for making it weird.

[skywire]

you have no idea how many people think my love life is their business 🙄
anyway shoot

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What I'd like to ask isn't any of my business, either.
You don't have to answer.

[skywire]

I'll tell you if I'm uncomfortable, don't worry
I've never felt obligated to any version of you to be what I'm not or do what I don't want to
doing something silly or backwards, maybe
but I've also never followed adult you blindly
and I don't intend to start with teenage you

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That's reassuring. I'm not used to dealing with someone so

unreservedly loquacious.
I was beginning to wonder if you had any personal boundaries at all.
No offense.

It's about your pursuit of the man who murdered your parents.
A few things.
Which are perhaps better saved for a face-to-face conversation as opposed to text
Although frankly I prefer text as a rule

[skywire]

you're saying I talk a lot
all that private school paid off!
and I have a few, believe me, but you either don't know about them or wouldn't think to ask
and that's just fiiiine with me 😉

Whatever you're most comfortable with
I don't mind talking about what happened to my parents
it was headline news for months and even years after there would be "where are they now" pieces in the papers
the sad little gypsy boy adopted by a millionaire, you know
so I had to get used to talking about it
though you shielded me from as much of that as you could

1/2

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He did a decent job, apparently. I found none of the answers I was looking for when I read about you.

That's part of the reason I said I didn't mean to imply you had to reiterate what happened that night. The details I wonder about aren't public domain, at least that I know of so far.

2/2

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I was wondering about when you apprehended him
If there was a personal confrontation and what was said and done

Also the person who commits a crime isn't always the one who's ultimately responsible for the order to do so or for the circumstances that facilitate the order. I was wondering if your usage of the singular 'murderer' implied you considered Zucco ultimately responsible and if you're certain you managed to take down the others involved with the protection racket after his apprehension or if this was something that concerned you. If the answer to any of this is in the newspaper archives I apologize and you should feel free to refer me to that instead

But I was also wondering if after the fact you
felt any closure

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I think it's important to explain why I was a material witness to this case
I saw Zucco cutting the wires before the show
I tried to warn people but I was just a kid and everyone was distracted getting ready
and to be honest I didn't really understand what I'd seen
so I felt personally responsible

but closure is different for everyone
I don't know if I'll ever feel at peace with what happened
but I felt like I'd fixed the problem that had killed my parents
so no one would go through what I did

after we caught him
I just wanted to keep going
I could see that Gotham had holes in it that sucked people in and hurt them
I wanted to keep fixing those
going after the entire protection racket organisation for example
I never wanted to stop

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I see.

[skywire]

veeeery cryptic mister Wayne 🤔🤔🤔

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... how he could've seen something of himself in you.
And I see some stuff about your motives/mindset more clearly, maybe.

Among other things, idk

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liiike?

I'd genuinely like to know what your observations on this subject are
since it's basically the defining moment of my childhood
if you don't mind

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If it's the defining moment of your childhood then maybe you shouldn't be concerned what some random kid from another dimension thinks

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okay for starters you're not "some random kid"
I'm not dumb enough to fall for that one and you're not dumb enough to think I would
so let's not kid ourselves
but if you really don't want to talk about it, it's fine
I just like talking to you
your observations pick up on things I missed
you have a unique perspective, you can't deny that

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Sure, but you still met me like 2 weeks ago. That's pretty damn random, Grayson.

I did a little reading on the bat's history, and it's similar enough to mine I guess I can overlook the whole pathological behavior thing in order to offer some speculation into his mindset at the time. That's obviously what you're fishing for.