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[Jason nods as Bruce reaches for his shoulder. Partners. That sounds about right.]

Thanks.

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( he can't speak for the other version of himself that jason knew, lived, and worked with... but he can try and do better than that version... even if he stumbles a little along the way in doing so. there's still a lot he keeps to himself — that he doesn't show to damian or jason because they don't need to see or hear it... that and bruce is simply notorious for shouldering it all himself, no matter his age. )

We'll figure it out. Whatever the mission is.

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Y’know, if my arm was broken back home, he’d fuckin’ bench me.

[Jason looks up from his food to regard Bruce with a firm, but slightly angry look.]

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I want to say it was in your best interest until you got better.

( but, again. he can't speak for that version of himself. )

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Fuck that. I want to be a part of the mission.

[Jason shakes his head.]

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( as he thought. )

Let's just see what it is first.

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Don’t bench me, Bruce.

[Jason is firm in his response.]

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( taking another bite, he eyes jason curiously then. )

Would you try and bench me? If it was for my own good?

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Not my call.

[Jason frowns at Bruce.]

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So you'd let me go out there if I was seriously injured?

( and he's still looking to jason curiously. )

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Not my fucking call. [Jason shrugs.]

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( quiet, he finishes off the rest of his food there before he reaches over for a slow sip of water from the glass. )

Thanks again for this. ( a nod to the empty bowl. ) I'll try to be a bit better at this.

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[Jason has the sense that his sentiment it being ignored. He digs into hid food and doesn’t respond.]

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( silence still lingering there between them, he looks over to jason for a moment before he's going about putting his empty bowl in the sink, standing there. thinking. )

I'm not the best at accepting help from others.

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[Jason finishes his bowl pretty quickly as well, but lingers at the table so he doesn't run into Bruce on the way to the sink.]

Me neither.

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( he's not sure what to make of that — that jason is so much like him. is it good? is it bad? he... doesn't know. there at the sink, he turns — looks to jason — then gestures for him to bring his bowl over to take care of. )

I'm always here if you do... need help, I mean.

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I know. You answered the ping. [He carries the bowl over to Bruce, still frowning.]

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( reaching up, he gently places his hand on jason's shoulder there, rubbing at it a little as he looks down to the sink. )

I always will.

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Guess I gotta keep the tracker, then. [Because how else would Bruce have found him so quickly. Jason is still tempted to remove it, but it did help Bruce reach him in time.]

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( taking jason's bowl so he can wash it along with his own, he glances over to him for a moment before he focuses on the task at hand there in the sink. )

Guess so.

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Do I get to know where it is? [Or is he going to have to look the hard way?]