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[hackingyoursensors]

[ Dick shrugs. ]

I'll eat almost anything.

[ He's feeling a little sullen, so he's not his usual decisive, cheerful self. ]

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( bruce can tell and he's not sure what to do about it. )

Why don't you and Bear go and sit in the living room then and I'll order something. ( a beat. ) You can watch whatever you want.

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Sure. C'mon, buddy.

[ Dick leaves the room with Bear trotting along behind him. ]

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( bruce lingers there, watching as they go, feeling at a loss with how to cheer the kid up. the disappointment he feels with jason is heavy, but he's not about to suit up and chase after him — look for him when he has kyle and dick here needing some place to be where neither are alone with these feelings. with their own disappointments and hurt.

he takes a few minutes to order something for not only the two of them but for kyle and diana as well, if they want, bruce making his way into the living room after with hands in his pockets. )

Hope Chinese is ok?

[hackingyoursensors]

[ Dick is petting the puppy absently and has turned on the news, though he's not paying attention to it. He looks up when Bruce enters the room. ]

Yeah, that's fine.

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( that's fine, he says, and bruce just slowly nods. quiet. until he's finally moving over to sit there on the couch with dick, slow in the way he descends, hands slipping out of his pockets as he does so. a glance to the television, he looks over to dick then — down to bear who's clearly enjoying the attention. )

I'm sorry about this.

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[ Dick shakes his head. ]

It's not your fault. It was Jason's decision to leave.

[ He turns his attention back to Bear. ]

He'll be back. Eventually.

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That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.

( he keeps his words soft — keeps his gaze on dick there. )

[hackingyoursensors]

[ He looks up at Bruce. ]

I know he'll be back. And he told me he was leaving. It just felt different this time.

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Yeah.

( if he and jason are supposedly so much alike, he... has a bit of an idea of what might have caused this sudden disappearance. maybe. if only because he's done something similar to diana. but that's exactly why he's disappointed in jason for this. because he knows better. )

This isn't about you, ok? ( he feels the need to try and reassure dick of that. in case it needs to be said. ) I need you to know that.

[hackingyoursensors]

What makes you so sure of that?

[ Dick doesn't think he did anything to drive Jason away, but he's not so sure Jason's departure had nothing to do with him. ]