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[He ignores the first part. It leads to places he doesn't want to go. He's much more comfortable with making inspirational speeches.]

He wouldn't have been able to do it if it wasn't for you. You kept going even when it was hopeless. You both proved yourselves as heroes then.

[Of course he doesn't say anything about the part that really matters. It kind of hinders the effectiveness of that inspirational speech a bit.]

Thanks. [Zatanna huffs out a soft breath, then takes a step closer to Robin. He says she's a hero; he probably really believes it. But it still doesn't feel right to her. Not when she thinks about that fantasy, and how absolutely happy he'd been.]

I'm really sorry, Robin.

Don't be sorry. You did what had to be done. You made a tough call, and it was the right one.

Yeah, I know.

[She really does, at least on some level. But it wasn't easy. Hasn't been. She glances down, already sure of what he's going to say--even if it doesn't stop her.]

I can still be sorry for what you lost though. Even if it wasn't real.

It was real. [Not the most recent set of parents, but the original ones? Very real.]

But I'm not that person anymore. There's no need to be.

There's no need for you to be happy?

[Because that's the big difference. Not giving up crime-fighting and the mask, not even having a family. Robin had been absolutely happy with his life, and Zatanna has to wonder when the last time he'd felt anything close to that had been.]

There's no reason to prioritize it.

Right. Because it's not like you're a person who deserves it or anything.

[Geez Robin. Times like this? She gets why Artemis likes hitting things.]

Not until I get us home, I don't.

...Wow. You know, one day I'm going to figure out how to make you realize how ridiculous you sound when you say things like that. Especially to me.

[Since they're kind of together and all.]

You've got your own version of me. You'll survive.

I'm not talking about after we end up back home. [Nope, definitely not opening that can of worms.] I mean here and now. And I also mean you, not my Robin back home. You two aren't just interchangeable parts.

Edited 2013-10-26 00:52 (UTC)

Of course we aren't. he's the one you want. I'm just standing in until you can sort it out.

...You can't be serious.

Edited 2013-10-26 01:45 (UTC)

[He stares at her impassively, not quite ready to backpedal yet.]

[Not smart, Dick.]

You think that the only reason I'm with you is because I can't be with him. [Zatanna crosses her arms over her chest, narrowing her eyes at Robin.] Funny, but I've been thinking it's because I care about you. Not that you make it easy sometimes--like now.

Edited 2013-10-26 02:07 (UTC)

So now you're going to be upset.

[Zatanna are you going to be a total girl about this?]

[YEP.]

Well let's see. The guy I've been sort of dating for almost two months just told me that I'm just using him as some sort of boyfriend substitute.

Yeah, I think upset is a good way to describe it.

You shouldn't be. I'm fine with it. [And he's the one who would have a case to be upset if anything upsetting were to happen, right?]

...So why are you with me?

What difference does that make? [UGH FEELINGS he wishes there were less of them]

For starters, the difference between whether you're going to keep being with me or not.

[Which BETTER be significant to him.]

Am I just some replacement to you?

Don't be silly. You're twice my age on my world.

[Not funny.] I meant for someone else.

I'm not talking forever or anything. But I don't want to be with someone who isn't interested in being with me. Especially not with what could happen between us.

I don't think about anyone like that. I was fifteen when I left home.

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