[ he hushed, raising a finger to his mouth as Jason's prod to his shoulder sends him taking a couple of steps back without the mirth leaving his eyes.
of course he didn't want to get picked up either, or pulled into a cabin with a guest, but he also wasn't here to simply do his time and leave. he'd been doing a good amount of digging and narrowly getting away with a couple things here and there, but there were also times where he paid for his nosiness, for his fight, or just for his inability to simply behave. J had unfortunately been the witness to a couple of those, as much as Dick tried to hide it.
besides his larger goal of figuring out the organization of the cruise and getting information on its guests, many related to the crimes in Gotham, he found that on the daily, he wanted little more than to see that rare smile of J's. after all, he'd always been great at getting up after being kicked down, and the reason why he could go on at all was that he could always the light. no matter how bad things were. ]
You don't have to save me, but just--look.
[ he pointed up at the sky, even though all he was staring at was J's face. ]
thenk! π
[ he hushed, raising a finger to his mouth as Jason's prod to his shoulder sends him taking a couple of steps back without the mirth leaving his eyes.
of course he didn't want to get picked up either, or pulled into a cabin with a guest, but he also wasn't here to simply do his time and leave. he'd been doing a good amount of digging and narrowly getting away with a couple things here and there, but there were also times where he paid for his nosiness, for his fight, or just for his inability to simply behave. J had unfortunately been the witness to a couple of those, as much as Dick tried to hide it.
besides his larger goal of figuring out the organization of the cruise and getting information on its guests, many related to the crimes in Gotham, he found that on the daily, he wanted little more than to see that rare smile of J's. after all, he'd always been great at getting up after being kicked down, and the reason why he could go on at all was that he could always the light. no matter how bad things were. ]
You don't have to save me, but just--look.
[ he pointed up at the sky, even though all he was staring at was J's face. ]