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Lífthrasir. He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious? [ sorry, not sorry. ] They're supposed to repopulate the world.

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[dont do that you jerk] So keep an ear out for anyone with a name like...what was it? Liftrandzer?

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Close enough.

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...hey, you almost back yet?

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On my way now. What's up?

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Can you pick up some milk? [It's not about milk.]

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... I'll drop by the store. See you in ten.

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[ And ten minutes later, Dick makes his triumphant return to Casa de Nerds. With milk. Which he figures Wally's not going to drink, as per usual, but at least one of them cares about bone integrity. ]

Lucy, I'm home.

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[Hopefully he just got a half gallon then, because he's right; Wally's not gonna drink it. He is eating the last of the pretzels though.] Hey shouldn't we keep some of the more sensitive stuff off the comms? I mean, what if there really is something going on and we get dragged off to Guantanamo Bay?

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We're not conspiring against them. [ Yet, anyway. ] Just discussing theories. Shouldn't they be interested in this stuff?

[ He stops with the fridge open, considering Wally. ]

... But... point taken.

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Maybe we can get some disposable phones with a limited amount of minutes. Like some kinda spy movie.

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Dude.

[ Dick closes the fridge and heads over to join Wally in the living room, leaning against the back of the couch. ]

You wanna start using burners? Am I a bad influence on you? I'm so proud. My innocent little Wally all grown up and acting shifty and paranoid.

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Are they really called burners? God. You morally questionable Gotham people really think you're all that, don't you?

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It's adorable that you think it's a Gotham thing.

[ He grins, vaulting over the back of the couch, leaning back against the arm and throwing his legs across Wally's lap like the obnoxious little twerp he is. ]

How sheltered are you? Don't you watch TV?

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Obviously not the same you watch. [Wally starts humming "Bad Boys, Bad Boys" underneath his breath, shoving another handful of pretzels into his mouth.] I'm just saying, fortune favors the prepared, right? Or the brave. Or the bravely prepared.

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Says the guy who just texted me about wanting to run across the Russian border. Pretzel me.

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[Wally shoves a pretzel into Robin's mouth.] Yeah, I was bravely prepared to run over the Russian border if you gave me the okay. [which is why he is not team leader]

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Mmph! [ omnom pretzel. he tries to bite Wally's finger on the way, but to no avail. ]

I'm glad you asked first.

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Dude, of course I'm gonna ask first. You're team mom right now and all.

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[ That throws him, and he frowns up at Wally. ]

... That's not what I meant.

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I know, I know. "If you're going, I'm going." [Wally looks down at him, arm slung over the back of the couch.] ...You know I wasn't insisting on doing it solo because I wanted to get away from you. You know that, right?

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That makes it sound so melodramatic.

[ It had felt melodramatic, but hey, he's not gonna go around advertising that. ]

It's just, dude, you hate it when I do that stuff alone.

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Yeah, and you do it anyway.

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Not like I used to. And when I do, you get on me about it. Like you should. Because we're a team. And you and me—

[ He sighs, brow furrowing, his mouth a tight line for a moment. Can he get out of this without getting sappy? Probably not. Probably he should do it anyway. ]

Look... this isn't like back home. I'm not this Batman's partner. We don't— have that history. But I've known you for, what, almost three years now? That's more than half as long as I've been doing this thing. So I know I joked about it before, but— dude, no kidding? I really do think of you as my partner. Temporary team mom or not.

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