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Jan. 6th, 2023 11:34 pmGoing to see her little - well, not little - brother probably isn't a very good idea, honestly, but Tim's having difficulty thinking of good ideas. Under other circumstances, she'd enlist the help of herself, but it seems cruel to traumatize this younger self with knowledge of her life unless absolutely necessary. Jason, on the other hand - the trajectory of his life seems the closest to hers. Not exactly the same, thank god, but close enough that it fucking hurts to think about.
(Idly, she considers killing the Joker while she's here, but doing so cleanly would require more resources than she currently has on her. It's something to think about, anyway.)
Meeting him is... awkward. There's the usual need to confirm identity, of course, which she is more than willing to cooperate with. Occam's Razor and all that, she'd rule out every other possibility first if he'd showed up at her doorstep before accepting an accidental multiverse traveler. It's probably to her advantage that it would take an absolutely insane person to conceive of older little sister from a universe where she's the dead Robin as an effective method of infiltration.
Somehow, after that is the worst part. When she doesn't have to focus on proving her identity, there's nothing to distract her from noticing things. How big he's gotten. The changes to the way he moves. The shock of white hair that suggests trauma. Of course, she has her own tells - the most obvious of which is the Glasgow smile under her make-up - that she's sure he's taking in himself.
She swallows. "You really did have a growth spurt." Her Jason will be thrilled.
(Idly, she considers killing the Joker while she's here, but doing so cleanly would require more resources than she currently has on her. It's something to think about, anyway.)
Meeting him is... awkward. There's the usual need to confirm identity, of course, which she is more than willing to cooperate with. Occam's Razor and all that, she'd rule out every other possibility first if he'd showed up at her doorstep before accepting an accidental multiverse traveler. It's probably to her advantage that it would take an absolutely insane person to conceive of older little sister from a universe where she's the dead Robin as an effective method of infiltration.
Somehow, after that is the worst part. When she doesn't have to focus on proving her identity, there's nothing to distract her from noticing things. How big he's gotten. The changes to the way he moves. The shock of white hair that suggests trauma. Of course, she has her own tells - the most obvious of which is the Glasgow smile under her make-up - that she's sure he's taking in himself.
She swallows. "You really did have a growth spurt." Her Jason will be thrilled.
