[Steph's eyes go a little wide, pure shock from the fact that Bruce is talking about this, not just about Jason, but about his death. Before he came back (before she came back) the only time anyone talked to her about Jason was to use him as a warning.
But she read the file, knows that Jason had found his mother only for her to sell him out to the Joker, and she can't even begin to imagine how that betrayal must have felt. For Jason to try to save her...
It helps her settle on the decision to do everything she can to help him. A boy who tried to save the woman who sent him to his death. He shouldn't have woken up alone, to be found by Talia, to come home to find the man who killed him was still wrecking havoc on the world. Jason deserves better, and Bruce couldn't give it to him, even as he talks about finding Jason's body.]
Bruce... [What does she say to that? "I'm sorry" feels cheap, it always does in the face of this. She gave her daughter away, but she hasn't lost a child, and she hopes she'll never have to understand that pain.
So she doesn't say anything, just leaves it alone, and maybe it's better that way. She can address the other thing he said.]
I'll be careful. Both - in approaching him, and what I say.
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But she read the file, knows that Jason had found his mother only for her to sell him out to the Joker, and she can't even begin to imagine how that betrayal must have felt. For Jason to try to save her...
It helps her settle on the decision to do everything she can to help him. A boy who tried to save the woman who sent him to his death. He shouldn't have woken up alone, to be found by Talia, to come home to find the man who killed him was still wrecking havoc on the world. Jason deserves better, and Bruce couldn't give it to him, even as he talks about finding Jason's body.]
Bruce... [What does she say to that? "I'm sorry" feels cheap, it always does in the face of this. She gave her daughter away, but she hasn't lost a child, and she hopes she'll never have to understand that pain.
So she doesn't say anything, just leaves it alone, and maybe it's better that way. She can address the other thing he said.]
I'll be careful. Both - in approaching him, and what I say.
[At least she's stopped thinking about Murray.]