[ jason blocks and slams a flat-palmed hand into kaldur's face and they're off, moving across the mats. it becomes apparent to kaldur quickly enough that he was right, that jason is injured and probably shouldn't be sparring, but they keep going. he makes some allowances he wouldn't make with an uninjured partner and neither one of them is using full strength or closed fists.
it's a spar. it works, at times closer to a dance than to an angry fight, despite the fact that they've never before trained together, as far as kaldur knows.
eventually, they stop.
kaldur goes to grab some water, tossing a bottle to jason as well. ] How is your arm?
( probably shouldn't be, but violence is how jason solves all his problems, including any personal issues. violence is how he works through shit, even if it's a crap way of doing it. and fighting with kaldur helps release some of that stress he's been carrying. it's less a fight and more a dance, though; neither of them hit hard, neither goes for a final blow. but it's great nonetheless.
and by the time they're done, jason's arm aches. he's sweating, a little off balance, but manages to get his hand up in time to catch the water thrown at him, raises it to his mouth to teeth off the lid. )
Okay. ( damian would lie to him about them, if there were. kaldur has no reason to lie, as far as jason is aware. it's good. it means he can get the truth. probably. unless this asshole does have reasons to lie, or just does it for the fun of it. )
Tell me 'bout your world.
( they haven't talked about it, yet. jason wants to know. )
[ kaldur has no reason to lie and he doesn't, unless he absolutely has to. he's lied enough for one lifetime while undercover. he'd prefer to avoid it. ]
It is difficult to know what to say and what goes without saying, but I will try.
[ he takes a long sip of water, first. ]
The Justice League had been operating silently for years before they were exposed and placed under greater scrutiny and accountability. [ not a bad thing, necessarily, in his view —at least not in principle. in effect, it has been bad at times. ]
At the same time, some of the sidekicks [ his lips briefly press together at the word, although he has never minded it as much as some of the others ] of members of the Justice League banded together and formed a team. We have been operating with Justice League approval but outside of the eye of the public for years now. Predominantly, our efforts have been focused on fighting an organisation that calls itself the Light.
They are an assortment of villains and supervillains. We know this now.
Interesting. ( it doesn't sound anything like he's familiar with. justice league, sure. some sidekicks banning together, sure. sounds like the titans to jason. of course, the titans happened in tim's era, and it wasn't a bunch of sidekicks. it was a couple sidekicks, and a few assorted kids who were a little different. )
We don't have any of that shit back in my world. The League obviously, but not much else. Doesn't match up. Not that I expected it to, considering the guy I've heard of who looks almost just like you was raised a land-dweller, and you've got gills. And he bleaches his hair.
Sounds like a completely different lineup than I'm used to.
( superboy makes him think of jon--much, much younger than any of the rest of them. kid flash--that'd be wally, right? but which wally? technically it'd be neither of his own, wouldn't it. )
A tragic, horrifying death, right? Crowbars involved, explosives--the whole nine yards.
What lineup are you used to? [ kaldur asks, instead of saying dick grayson doesn't know me, here —although that is something on his mind, something that weighs on him. ]
I do not know the details of his death. [ but the way jason speaks of it now make kaldur wonder. he's alive, clearly, but that is not to say nothing happened. ]
NW has a fishboy--Tempest. ( garth, but jason's not too sure where to draw the lines with names here. kaldur gave him dick's, but he's not going to spoil any unnecessarily. ) Used to be Aqualad.
The Teen Titans have Robin the fourth, Raven, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Beast Boy, Starfire-- ( tbh he's not sure how kori deals with it. ) But only three of 'em are sidekicks.
I only know of three Robins. And I do not know Raven or Starfire.
[ tempest. he thinks to ask whether it is garth, but doesn't. it is probably best if they do not share names beyond what is known to the both of them already. ]
The Team consists of Superboy, Miss Martian, Nightwing, Batgirl, Beast Boy, Blue Beetle, Bumblebee, Lagoon Boy, Wonder Girl, and Impulse.
[ him and artemis, too, if undercover work counts when no one knows you're undercover. ]
Former members include Rocket, Zatanna, Kid Flash, Artemis, Aquagirl, Tempest and Troia.
An asshole. Started fights with my mom over jack shit. Went off too long, came back fucked up. Bragged about getting attached by the bat--typical street thug bullshit. So I can't say I get it--finding out half your dna comes from a super villain. But considering half mine comes from a dead lackey, I can relate.
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it's a spar. it works, at times closer to a dance than to an angry fight, despite the fact that they've never before trained together, as far as kaldur knows.
eventually, they stop.
kaldur goes to grab some water, tossing a bottle to jason as well. ] How is your arm?
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and by the time they're done, jason's arm aches. he's sweating, a little off balance, but manages to get his hand up in time to catch the water thrown at him, raises it to his mouth to teeth off the lid. )
's fine. How's your everything?
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Better than expected.
[ he considers it for a moment before nodding. ] As far as I can tell, there are no lingering side effects.
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Tell me 'bout your world.
( they haven't talked about it, yet. jason wants to know. )
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It is difficult to know what to say and what goes without saying, but I will try.
[ he takes a long sip of water, first. ]
The Justice League had been operating silently for years before they were exposed and placed under greater scrutiny and accountability. [ not a bad thing, necessarily, in his view —at least not in principle. in effect, it has been bad at times. ]
At the same time, some of the sidekicks [ his lips briefly press together at the word, although he has never minded it as much as some of the others ] of members of the Justice League banded together and formed a team. We have been operating with Justice League approval but outside of the eye of the public for years now. Predominantly, our efforts have been focused on fighting an organisation that calls itself the Light.
They are an assortment of villains and supervillains. We know this now.
[ don't ask him how. or do. ]
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We don't have any of that shit back in my world. The League obviously, but not much else. Doesn't match up. Not that I expected it to, considering the guy I've heard of who looks almost just like you was raised a land-dweller, and you've got gills. And he bleaches his hair.
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I have always had them. [ obvious atlantean racial traits, the way more people from shayeris do than people from atlantis. ]
Robin - Dick Grayson, Kid Flash and I founded the Team, together with Superboy. There's been two Robins since Dick, who goes by Nightwing now.
[ he hesitates briefly, lowering his gaze. ] One of them died.
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( superboy makes him think of jon--much, much younger than any of the rest of them. kid flash--that'd be wally, right? but which wally? technically it'd be neither of his own, wouldn't it. )
A tragic, horrifying death, right? Crowbars involved, explosives--the whole nine yards.
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I do not know the details of his death. [ but the way jason speaks of it now make kaldur wonder. he's alive, clearly, but that is not to say nothing happened. ]
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The Teen Titans have Robin the fourth, Raven, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Beast Boy, Starfire-- ( tbh he's not sure how kori deals with it. ) But only three of 'em are sidekicks.
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[ tempest. he thinks to ask whether it is garth, but doesn't. it is probably best if they do not share names beyond what is known to the both of them already. ]
The Team consists of Superboy, Miss Martian, Nightwing, Batgirl, Beast Boy, Blue Beetle, Bumblebee, Lagoon Boy, Wonder Girl, and Impulse.
[ him and artemis, too, if undercover work counts when no one knows you're undercover. ]
Former members include Rocket, Zatanna, Kid Flash, Artemis, Aquagirl, Tempest and Troia.
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Artemis. Redheaded Amazon? Built like a tank? Little taller than I am?
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A blonde and human archer.
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( not his artemis, then. )
We don't have one of those.
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[ moving on from heroes to villains... ]
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( not the name, anyway. )
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[ he glances away from jason for a moment here, thinking back to being undercover, everything he's done - ]
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What's on your mind, fishboy?
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[ it's an honest answer, and one that doesn't offer too much information as to how much it weighs on him. ]
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He is. I did not learn of it until recently.
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[ kaldur's head remains bowed a moment longer, before he straightens again. offers a hint of a smile and a hint of a shrug. ]
It was difficult to learn of, regardless. [ an admission. difficult to learn, too, that his king and mentor had kept this from him for so long. ]
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( everyone knows this. it's not a secret. )
An asshole. Started fights with my mom over jack shit. Went off too long, came back fucked up. Bragged about getting attached by the bat--typical street thug bullshit. So I can't say I get it--finding out half your dna comes from a super villain. But considering half mine comes from a dead lackey, I can relate.
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Our parentage does not define us.
[ it's something he's spoken to artemis about more than once —long before he'd ever thought it would apply to him as well.
still, he believes it no less now than he did then. ]
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