[ Bruce blinks at the scene, calibrating his expectation. Locked and loaded: nice to hear good old Southern charm finds it way out in the galaxy, but he doesn't think that for himself, just for someone else. There's more than one way it's familiar. Alfred is no less cutting, more precise. A spy's skillset lends itself well to raising a vigilante, as it turns out. Alfred has become everything Bruce has asked of him. A medic, a pilot, a teacher (a father). ]
[ (He should know better than to think of his ghosts.) The room changes. The bright lights of medbay become dimmer, the walls darken, the smell changes. There's a screech in the background of an animal, screens ahead. A car's next to them, jet black, dashboard still glowing from recent use. A younger Bruce stands in front of it, facing Alfred. There's numerous cuts all over his person, the instrument that made it having torn right through the armour. He pulls off the cowl in a single, violent stroke, exhaling explosively, knowing what's coming. You're not going to let me work, are you? he snaps. Alfred retorts calmly with something about having just cleaned the floor. ]
[ Bruce, meanwhile, next to Jim, is disinterested in the conversation — more curious that the memory is of the old cave, not his current one. ]
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[ (He should know better than to think of his ghosts.) The room changes. The bright lights of medbay become dimmer, the walls darken, the smell changes. There's a screech in the background of an animal, screens ahead. A car's next to them, jet black, dashboard still glowing from recent use. A younger Bruce stands in front of it, facing Alfred. There's numerous cuts all over his person, the instrument that made it having torn right through the armour. He pulls off the cowl in a single, violent stroke, exhaling explosively, knowing what's coming. You're not going to let me work, are you? he snaps. Alfred retorts calmly with something about having just cleaned the floor. ]
[ Bruce, meanwhile, next to Jim, is disinterested in the conversation — more curious that the memory is of the old cave, not his current one. ]