[ He still doesn't know what to do with this. Any of it. With having a family again, with not having to fight. With not having any power, or influence, or a reputation that he'll never outrun.
Jason trusts him. Jason gives a shit about him. Jason's not going to try to beat him back in line when all else fails. It's not something limited to Bruce -- it's just a fact of the world he was in. When all else fails, use your fists to make your point. Beat the other party into submission, hurt them because their wrong.
He wraps an arm around him in turn. The empathy link bleeds his old hurts and desperation to be better. ]
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Jason trusts him. Jason gives a shit about him. Jason's not going to try to beat him back in line when all else fails. It's not something limited to Bruce -- it's just a fact of the world he was in. When all else fails, use your fists to make your point. Beat the other party into submission, hurt them because their wrong.
He wraps an arm around him in turn. The empathy link bleeds his old hurts and desperation to be better. ]