pc catchall for dick (heh) (unpredicktable)

[uncurtained]

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[ he smiles at her, a little grateful ]

Heh. Well, I did have a little bit of an advantage to start with. Circus kid. It helps your superhero career if you've already got training doing stunts on a trapeze.

[uncurtained]

...Huh. I kind of thought circus kids weren’t a thing anymore, except in books. That’s cool, though! How’d you get into it?

[unpredicktable]

You're right, it's not exactly commonplace anymore. [ he shrugs ] But my family worked as the main act of the circus, so I was pretty much born into it.

[uncurtained]

[She nods.]

And you said you did trapeze, right? Did it ever freak you out?

[unpredicktable]

...Nah. I was... I was practically born up there. As a kid, it was weirder for me to think that people could be freaked out by it. Like someone being scared of walking.

[uncurtained]

...Right. I guess even something that most people aren’t used to can seem normal if you’ve always done it.

[unpredicktable]

Yeah, that... goes for pretty much my whole life.

[ he's mildly self-aware, so it's fine. ]

[uncurtained]

At least you’ve got company here? Even if it took... all of this.

[unpredicktable]

Company?

[ like. what kinda company. ]

[uncurtained]

Just, like... Other people who've gone through some really abnormal stuff.

[Hm.]

What did you think I meant?

[unpredicktable]

I almost thought you were calling me a demon for a second there.

[ he wasn't sure if she was making fun of him or. what. ]

I don't think there's anyone who hasn't gone through abnormal stuff in my life even beyond this place. Not anyone I talk to that often, anyway.

[ dick, that says a lot more about your civilian life than you want it too ]

[uncurtained]

If I were calling you a demon, I'd be a little more clear about it.

[She tilts her head.]

So all your friends are involved in the same kind of thing you are?

[unpredicktable]

Good to know.

[ hm. he tilts his head right back ]

... Yeah. I kept it up as a kid, but... the double-life thing gets a bit too complicated to get close to people who aren't in the know.

[uncurtained]

...I bet that's tough, in a way.

[unpredicktable]

[ i forgot he wasnt nightwing last tag this is fine ]

Kinda. There aren't that many people who know me as both Dick Grayson and Nightwing, even on the mask side of things. It's ... definitely a bit weird.

[uncurtained]

So, like... If you met someone in one identity and really clicked with them, you don't think they'd tell them anyways? I mean, I know that's usually how the superhero thing goes, but... Maybe it's different when it's not in a movie.

[unpredicktable]

... My identity being compromised isn't just a problem for me. Figure me out, and they might figure out others I'm not willing to put into danger.

[ implying that if it was just him he wouldn't. care as much. ]

I have told people, but they've all been some I was absolutely sure I could trust with it. It's... a lot easier to find those on the mask side of things.

[uncurtained]

[She nods.]

It makes sense. It just seems... kind of lonely, that's all.

[unpredicktable]

[ he hums ]

I've got friends. I've got... family. [ the non-dead ones, anyway. ] I might be more paranoid than most, but it hasn't stopped me from being close to people anyway.

[uncurtained]

[She waves a hand.]

Right. Sorry, I didn't mean to make it sound so depressing.

[unpredicktable]

It's fine. It's a pretty weird concept when you think about it too long. Which is why I absolutely don't.

[ an excellent solution ]

[uncurtained]

...That probably makes it easier.

[It's also probably not very healthy, but she's not going to call him on it, it's fine.]

[unpredicktable]

And as you can tell from the superhero bit, I am clearly all about making my own life easier.

[ ha ha. ]

[uncurtained]

Right? Slacker.