[ ooc so basically I am totally up for playing this out until the end if you are! if not we can definitely just drop it here. i'm the worst anyway so i wouldn't blame you D: ]


[ he breathes a little easier when damian seems to drop the offense. granted, rob will probably end up apologizing for it later, but for now they're okay again. whelmed, even. ]

That...actually makes a lot of sense. [ what, considering how their latest ploy with the inter-universal mind control had left gotham all but completely defenseless. they probably should have thought about that before bruce-

well. it doesn't really matter any more, does it?

but then his brow furrows, confused. sent him to train? batman's son, raised by assassins, sent to train with batman and then was going to go...rob's head spins a little, but he tries to set it all straight. ] Did Batman know you were going to go back?

[ were, but that all changed. damian decided to make the change. that's a fact that rob actually has to pause for a moment to process. to understand. because rob does understand the importance a single decision can have, and even if damian doesn't put any real weight in the way he explains it, rob still feels it in his shoulders.

and i chose to stay. ]

And now you're a Wayne. [ if there's a small smile added on to that, well, damian will just have to deal with rob's misplaced 'proud older brother' feelings. ] A part of the family.

[ 'family' is still something rob is figuring out for himself, but this much is obvious even to him. they're partners in the future, they're family in the future. the rest can make sense later. ]