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[mrsarcastic003]

[He shrugged a little, giving him a wry grin.] The Bruce I know didn't meet Selina until they were both adults. Maybe he might have heard of Jervis Tetch when he was younger--though I doubt it--but I'm pretty sure about Selina.

[promisetokeep]

[Again, not so surprising given Tim's noted reactions up until this point, though a new, far more pressing question came to mind. If he hadn't met Selina until they were both older....]

There was something that happened to a while back. To my parents. Selina and I met...because she's claimed she was there.

[Which he now knew to be a lie. Or thought he knew; after her initial "confession", she'd never again insisted otherwise. Of course, by that point, it hasn't seemed to matter so much. Their relationship had evolved so far past the circumstances of that fateful night. Still...]

Does this mean...in the Gotham you're from...they might still be alive?

[mrsarcastic003]

[At first, Tim was confused. Something happened that Selina might have witnessed? And then Bruce asked his question, and he felt like he'd been struck. Of course. Of course Bruce would want to know that. And Tim wished he could give him good news, but of course.

He couldn't.

He shook his head once.]

...I'm sorry, Bruce.

[promisetokeep]

[In some ways, it was like losing them all over again. Only he was more prepared. Mentally. Emotionally. His training and recent experiences...they really had made him stronger.]

[His eyes averted only for a moment before returning to Tim. Hints of sadness remained, but they were well hidden beneath a stoic, calm mask.]

I see.

[For all the differences they had found in their respective Gothams, that had to remain a constant, didn't it?]

Did I...was the person responsible ever found?

[mrsarcastic003]

[Batman is a multiversal constant, Bruce.]

Yes. He was arrested that night. I take it... that's not the case in your universe.

[promisetokeep]

[gdi]

No. He wasn't.

It took a long time for me to even be able to get answers on why it happened. Even then...he was never arrested. He killed himself.

[mrsarcastic003]

[That was... a little confusing to Tim, actually. Answers? What kind of answers was he looking for? Random, senseless violence was just that--random and senseless.]

That's. Definitely different.

[promisetokeep]

I believe we've already established there are a number of differences between your Gotham and mine.

[He wasn't being sarcastic. If anything, he was agreeing with Tim. Just...the weight of the conversation was very heavy on his shoulders, considering there were many aspects of his parents' murder that he was still dealing with.]

What about the others? The...ones who hired him?

[mrsarcastic003]

[Hired? He shook his head, frowning.]

...It wasn't like that. It was a mugging. Random violence. The kind of thing that happens every day.

[Which was kind of a horrifying thing to say, but... It was Gotham. That kind of thing did happen every day. It was... why there was a Batman and a Robin and everyone else.]

[promisetokeep]

[He almost couldn't help the long stare that followed. A mugging. His parents had been killed...by a random thief. No conspiracy. No real reason. A freak chance occurrence. Wrong place, wrong time.]

[Was that better or worse than the truth he'd uncovered back home?]

No, that's...

[Not right.]

...what about the Court?

[The question was out of his mouth before he could stop himself. He had to know.]

[mrsarcastic003]

Well... he was convicted...?

[Court obviously means the judiciary system, right?]

[promisetokeep]

[Not exactly.]

[It dawned on Bruce somewhere along the line that he might have been taking a risk mentioning them here and now. But this wasn't Gotham, and in theory, he should be beyond even their reach. So he kept pressing.]

I meant the Court of Owls.

Do they...have you never heard of them?

[mrsarcastic003]

[He shook his head slowly.]

...Sorry, no. Can you explain?

[promisetokeep]

I genuinely wish I could. There's still so much I'm trying to learn about them. All I know is that they're everywhere. Controlling my parents' company. Controlling Gotham. Everything.

They're the ones who hired the assassin who killed my parents.

[mrsarcastic003]

[There was a part of Tim that wanted to say that sounded insane, but Gotham was just too weird sometimes to dismiss the idea out of hand. And he trusted Bruce--even a teenaged Bruce--to know what he was talking about.]

How long have they been around? Do you know?

[promisetokeep]

[He shook his head.]

I've been trying for months to gather more information on them. We thought we had a major break recently, but...we're still not sure what it means.

[mrsarcastic003]

I wish I could help--or that even if I could it would make any difference. But from all accounts we won't remember any of this when we wake up again in our own beds.

But I've never heard of anything like that. I can't be sur eit even exists in my universe.

[Of course, given the nature of secret societies, he couldn't be sure it didn't either.]

[promisetokeep]

...you're right.

[He spoke again after a moment's thought. His face once more falling neutral.]

I would like to apologize. There is every reason to believe right now that you don't know anything. And...it would be wrong of me to involve you in this any further.

While I have no proof that the Court has some influence over what's happening to us and why we're here...I also cannot rule anything out. I will not put your life in danger as well. Please, forget I said anything.

[mrsarcastic003]

[Tim stared at him for several silent seconds, then started laughing. He couldn't help it.]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That shouldn't be funny.

[promisetokeep]

[Okay, that...was not the reaction he'd been expecting.]

Then why are you laughing?

[mrsarcastic003]

[He shook his head, swallowing back the rest of his laughter.] I really am sorry. It's just--I've lost count of the number of times I've risked my life for my you or on his say-so. I've never had cause to regret it.

[promisetokeep]

[Again, so strange. And for Tim to be laughing about it? Sure, Selina was in a similar position--helping him constantly because either he'd asked for her help, or because she volunteered herself. But, to Bruce, that was different. Selina was just as much a part of his life now as Alfred, and they were always equals.]

[...you know, whenever she wasn't the boss.]

Why?

[He wasn't angry or upset, but he wasn't happy. More like he was trying to understand Tim's role in all of this.]

[mrsarcastic003]

...That is really complicated. But the you I know--adult you? Kind of... inspires that in people.

[promisetokeep]

[Huh. It was hard not to feel a touch of pride at hearing that.]

How many people?

I mean...right now, it's mostly just myself and Alfred. And Selina, of course. [If and when she's done being mad.]

[mrsarcastic003]

[Tim grinned a little at him, then started doing obvious mental math, ticking numbers off on his fingers.]

At least... Six that I can think of off the top of my head. And that's without trying hard.