He was familiar with it, even- familiar with how people reacted when they lost someone important. He would get to see Hal, Barry, Bruce, Diana… Kon and Bart. But he’d lost Mark, Kaine, Galatea, Steve, Percy… and everyone else not from their world forever. And he knew, whatever he’s feeling, Hayley had it even worse since she had no one from her world in the turtle. He had to handle it with care.
“When I was a newborn, I lost an entire planet. Not my parents, not my family, not even my guild. My species, my history, my people… gone forever.” But he knew it was hard to process such a big loss. So he kept on going.
“In my line of work you lose people constantly. I’ve lost friends. I’ve lost family. I lost a woman I loved once. Back at home I had just lost my best friend, my father and the uncle I’d thought I’d lost forever all in the span of a couple months. And then I got here and I got to see my best friend again only to lose him. I got to see my biological father, someone I never thought I’d get the chance to meet, just to lose him later.”
His hands were trembling as he reached for some herbs to make himself a tea. He didn’t even want it; he just needed to do something with his hands.
“It’s not just people. I had to see Smallville, the place I was raised into, destroyed once. Metropolis, my city… I’ve almost lost Metropolis more times than I can count. I was hated sometimes, because of things I did- sometimes because I had made a mistake, sometimes because I’d been under some influence or another. It doesn’t make any change when you see the hatred on people’s eyes.”
He shook his head, reaching then for some water to boil.
“Thing is, I’m not calm. I’m not calm at all. But over the years you eventually learn to keep certain things to yourself. You learn to cope with loss and... keep inside, I suppose.”
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He was familiar with it, even- familiar with how people reacted when they lost someone important. He would get to see Hal, Barry, Bruce, Diana… Kon and Bart. But he’d lost Mark, Kaine, Galatea, Steve, Percy… and everyone else not from their world forever. And he knew, whatever he’s feeling, Hayley had it even worse since she had no one from her world in the turtle. He had to handle it with care.
“When I was a newborn, I lost an entire planet. Not my parents, not my family, not even my guild. My species, my history, my people… gone forever.” But he knew it was hard to process such a big loss. So he kept on going.
“In my line of work you lose people constantly. I’ve lost friends. I’ve lost family. I lost a woman I loved once. Back at home I had just lost my best friend, my father and the uncle I’d thought I’d lost forever all in the span of a couple months. And then I got here and I got to see my best friend again only to lose him. I got to see my biological father, someone I never thought I’d get the chance to meet, just to lose him later.”
His hands were trembling as he reached for some herbs to make himself a tea. He didn’t even want it; he just needed to do something with his hands.
“It’s not just people. I had to see Smallville, the place I was raised into, destroyed once. Metropolis, my city… I’ve almost lost Metropolis more times than I can count. I was hated sometimes, because of things I did- sometimes because I had made a mistake, sometimes because I’d been under some influence or another. It doesn’t make any change when you see the hatred on people’s eyes.”
He shook his head, reaching then for some water to boil.
“Thing is, I’m not calm. I’m not calm at all. But over the years you eventually learn to keep certain things to yourself. You learn to cope with loss and... keep inside, I suppose.”