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[preowned]

[ JASON CARE ABOUT BABY YOU!!!!

but he nods. ]

They did. And luckily, it doesn't seem like they were brought here, so they should be home.

[unrecked]

[no]

Now, you see, I don't trust that exactly. If anyone's life gets shit on by God the most, it's mine. I don't trust they can't be taken.

[preowned]

... well, there is a chance it may happen. We're here, after all.

But as far as I am aware, they left the camp safely.

[unrecked]

[The frown gets deeper enough that it rivals Zuko's.]

Good. It better stay that way.

[preowned]

Well... besides me, sort of, is there anyone else you know here?

[unrecked]

Nope. Not sure if that's reassuring, or worrying actually.

[preowned]

Both?

I'm glad I know people who are here, but at the same time I kind of wish they were back home.

[unrecked]

How many people do you know here? It's your third time, right? You must know several.

[preowned]

Five...? Two from the village, and three from the camp.

[unrecked]

Hmm. [Why does Mom let YOU have five castmates?!] Who?

[preowned]

Mikazuki, Futaba... and then Flayn, Dimitri, and Shinobu.

[ they're all sweall, ignoring the murder, ]

[unrecked]

[His brows furrow like he's putting guestbook placards to the names.]

Lucky you. You're worse off for it, unless they've earned your ire. You've got a hostage and other people to worry about, huh?

[preowned]

[ he just laughs. ]

Yes, it's terrible! But at the very least, they're all dependable. And I do not know someone who wants to help others as much as Shinobu does.

[unrecked]

I don’t know anyone who wants to spill some blood as much as Shinobu either.

[Just for the record, Grandpa 2. Jason gets the biggest naughty Bat vibes from the smiles that don’t reach her eyes.]

You think you can trust them?

[It’s a genuine question, not a diss.]

[preowned]

No, Shinobu is... she chose to allow herself to die over killing someone else. It does not bring her any comfort.

[ he has to think about it. ]

I think that the majority of us would do it if we have to. Many likely already have, statistically speaking. But I do trust that if any of those people are put into that situation, if they do kill, it isn't because they want to. And that really is as much trust as you can have in someone in a place like this. That they are working towards the best path for the group at large.

[unrecked]

[Hmmmm. He really has too much of the worst of Gotham in him to agree, but he'll take it into consideration maybe. About both Shinobu and the group.

He's really got trust issues here, listen.]

I think you and me come from some very different places. [For every Batman--hell, every Batkid--there's at least three assholes from the Rogues' Gallery.] You really think the ones running this joint are going to just let us all get along? Work together?

That's what the hostages are for.

[preowned]

Then... we will save the hostages, and everyone here. Simple, right?

[ it's not simple at all. ]

I'm sure people will fight and hate each other. But at the end of the day, remember that the enemy is whoever brought us here, not your fellow captives.

[unrecked]

Sure. Simple.

[It'd feel too much like arguing with Bruce or Dick, so he just gives up immediately. We'll save the hostages and everyone here. Haha. Okay.]

You don't have to tell me twice. But we're supposed to be entertainment. I don't expect them not to muddy the waters.

[preowned]

We will handle that problem with it arrives.

[ again! simple! ]

Right now there really are just too many unknowns to try to guess how it'll go.

[unrecked]

Easier said than done.

[His pessimism is about to fist-fight this Tsuru's optimism in the Denny's parking lot.]

Yeah, well, it's not hard to make a pretty good assumption how it's going to go after we've already been through this once. [Pointedly:] Some of us several.

[preowned]

People are probably going to die.

[ LIKE. he knows this. he has been through this twice people are 100% going to be fucking murdered. ]

But we still don't know what's going to start it.

[unrecked]

People are going to die.

[They are metaphorically slap fighting.]

I mean. Probably the hostages I'm guessing.

[preowned]

Well, yes, but how. A free for all? Someone approaches you and gives you a chance to save the hostage?

There a lot of potential scenarios here, Jason Todd.

[unrecked]

I get that.

But is that going to even matter when the outcome will be the same? Someone is going to die, and then we are going to kill whoever did it.

[preowned]

Hm, I think a lot of stuff matters...

I mean, there has to be some end goal here, right? They can't just have us "entertain" them forever, or else that defeats the purpose of even having hostages. There's no point in rescuing them if it never ends.