A selfish part of him - the part that remembers everything Damian has taken away from him - doesn't want Bruce to deal with Damian. That part of him is scared of having something else taken from him, of having that wound widened again - a wound Damian clearly takes pleasure in rubbing salt in.
Maybe he'd grown a lot since then, he'd become a different person and he'd internalised all of that, he was over it, but he didn't want his place as Bruce's partner to be snatched away too.
Dick had done good work with the brat, though, and Tim has to trust that no more damage would be done.]
Sure. Thanks, Prof. [Downing the last of his coffee, he stood, glancing around and then to the door.] Hey, you wanna come see my place? Three floors with all the latest gadgets and gizmos. It's only twenty minutes away.
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A selfish part of him - the part that remembers everything Damian has taken away from him - doesn't want Bruce to deal with Damian. That part of him is scared of having something else taken from him, of having that wound widened again - a wound Damian clearly takes pleasure in rubbing salt in.
Maybe he'd grown a lot since then, he'd become a different person and he'd internalised all of that, he was over it, but he didn't want his place as Bruce's partner to be snatched away too.
Dick had done good work with the brat, though, and Tim has to trust that no more damage would be done.]
Sure. Thanks, Prof. [Downing the last of his coffee, he stood, glancing around and then to the door.] Hey, you wanna come see my place? Three floors with all the latest gadgets and gizmos. It's only twenty minutes away.