[ logically, stephanie considers that jason is removing vital context, either for time's sake or his own interests. he's a big boy now, on a violent crusade in her timeline, and batman's a concept more than a father, most days — but like hell this doesn't hit her right in the daddy issues.

she looks at her feet, grateful the guise of nausea and fatigue can cover how she blanches. his information means they were under for some time, too. ]

Jesus. [ a beat. then, evenly — ] I got out of the hospital earlier that day. Dad stuff. All the residual injuries from that are gone, too.

[ it's repayment for the personal nature of his information, not an attempt at connecting their experiences, so she plows past it. they're even now. no making it weird. ]

Why even bother helping us recover, if they were just going to dump us, anyway?