[His tone is gentle, and he puts one hand on her shoulder. If he were wearing his cape, he'd drape it over her and stoop until he was closer to her height. But he isn't. They aren't Batman and Batgirl here, they're Bruce and Cassandra Wayne.
(And because his parents are on his mind today for myriad reasons, he stops to wonder once again if they'd have liked her. He thinks so. Hopes so.)]
Your childhood was taken from you. Mine was... simply short.
['And none of my children should ever have to be like me'. He doesn't say it. He doesn't have to, it's written in his expression until he shakes his head and blinks it away.]
I knew what I was choosing, when I set on this path.
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[His tone is gentle, and he puts one hand on her shoulder. If he were wearing his cape, he'd drape it over her and stoop until he was closer to her height. But he isn't. They aren't Batman and Batgirl here, they're Bruce and Cassandra Wayne.
(And because his parents are on his mind today for myriad reasons, he stops to wonder once again if they'd have liked her. He thinks so. Hopes so.)]
Your childhood was taken from you. Mine was... simply short.
['And none of my children should ever have to be like me'. He doesn't say it. He doesn't have to, it's written in his expression until he shakes his head and blinks it away.]
I knew what I was choosing, when I set on this path.