[There is an incredibly long silence during which Steph just stares at Bruce.
With everything they've talked about tonight, with how she's feeling, that final comment has just short circuited her brain. The last time he really said something like this to her was when she was on her death bed and he promised that she really had been Robin, that no one could take it away from her.
But she's not dying right now and he has no reason (like guilt) to be nice to her, even if most people don't need reasons to be nice, Bruce usually isn't like that, at least in her experience. And even ignoring the fact that it's coming from Bruce, hearing someone admit they haven't been fair to her is also something she's not sure what to do with. When people treat her badly she usually just sucks it up and moves on. The only person who actually tried to change was her mom once she'd gotten clean.
This is too hard.]
Alright.
[That's all that she can manage, and then she's just going to look at the ground instead of staring at his back because she doesn't know what to do.]
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With everything they've talked about tonight, with how she's feeling, that final comment has just short circuited her brain. The last time he really said something like this to her was when she was on her death bed and he promised that she really had been Robin, that no one could take it away from her.
But she's not dying right now and he has no reason (like guilt) to be nice to her, even if most people don't need reasons to be nice, Bruce usually isn't like that, at least in her experience. And even ignoring the fact that it's coming from Bruce, hearing someone admit they haven't been fair to her is also something she's not sure what to do with. When people treat her badly she usually just sucks it up and moves on. The only person who actually tried to change was her mom once she'd gotten clean.
This is too hard.]
Alright.
[That's all that she can manage, and then she's just going to look at the ground instead of staring at his back because she doesn't know what to do.]