[And Damian almost-smiles as though Kal paid him a compliment (in a way, he did).]
Of course not, it is not how I was taught.
[It's all complicated by the fact that he was raised to be... worthy of the Bat. Not that Talia was obsessed with Bruce Wayne or anything. So that might be making everything both more familiar and less - expected.]
[The comment about Father when drunk, though, makes Damian's eyes widen as that mental image... isn't something he has actually witnessed (he had seen Father fake being inebriated, but that is something entirely else) or truly imagined. For a moment, he is unsure what to say. So he... plows on. More or less.]
With how much can be accomplished at parties, for those who are determined to do so, I never cease being surprised at how many people actually dislike them.
[... okay, he dislikes them, too, a little, because too many people and he can't control everything that's happening, but, really? Hiding behind somebody and hoping she will take on the occasions? >Tt.< Except Damian abstains from blurting that out.]
no subject
Of course not, it is not how I was taught.
[It's all complicated by the fact that he was raised to be... worthy of the Bat. Not that Talia was obsessed with Bruce Wayne or anything. So that might be making everything both more familiar and less - expected.]
[The comment about Father when drunk, though, makes Damian's eyes widen as that mental image... isn't something he has actually witnessed (he had seen Father fake being inebriated, but that is something entirely else) or truly imagined. For a moment, he is unsure what to say. So he... plows on. More or less.]
With how much can be accomplished at parties, for those who are determined to do so, I never cease being surprised at how many people actually dislike them.
[... okay, he dislikes them, too, a little, because too many people and he can't control everything that's happening, but, really? Hiding behind somebody and hoping she will take on the occasions? >Tt.< Except Damian abstains from blurting that out.]