Damian's breath caught, and he stopped for a very short moment, barely more than missing a step (he didn't miss steps), eyes squeezed shut.
It...
Most of the time, he wouldn't have paid attention to it. Most of the time, it would have registered, but wouldn't have mattered as much.
However, just now? Dick's faith in him shook Damian more than he wanted.
But, possibly, not more than he needed.
"Grayson..." His voice was almost soft, and he hesitated, before finding words to continue with. "Can you... make sure you watch out around me, anyway? I - you have given me the other choices I can make. And why to make them." He had begun with a promise that Bruce had taken from him. Dick had given that promise a meaning. Given him the want to keep it for what it was, the beginnings of recognition of right from wrong. "But if I slip." If Drake turns out to be correct. "Will you protect yourself?"
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It...
Most of the time, he wouldn't have paid attention to it. Most of the time, it would have registered, but wouldn't have mattered as much.
However, just now? Dick's faith in him shook Damian more than he wanted.
But, possibly, not more than he needed.
"Grayson..." His voice was almost soft, and he hesitated, before finding words to continue with. "Can you... make sure you watch out around me, anyway? I - you have given me the other choices I can make. And why to make them." He had begun with a promise that Bruce had taken from him. Dick had given that promise a meaning. Given him the want to keep it for what it was, the beginnings of recognition of right from wrong. "But if I slip." If Drake turns out to be correct. "Will you protect yourself?"