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usedacrobatics) wrote2013-05-08 07:42 pm
usedacrobatics) wrote2013-05-08 07:42 pm
Dick Grayson 002 Ⓡ video
[The Pokegear snaps on, and Dick, in a nice waiter's shirt, slumps down against a wall and sighs.]
So this is, uh, ridiculously embarrassing.
[His hair's slicked back, too, and he's loosening a little bow tie with his other hand. Tugging at it with a little more force than strictly necessary.]
Exactly, um. Does anyone have any tips for how to... like, not go broke? How do people keep track of money? How do you not run out?
I plead lack of maturity, lack of understanding of the value of a... whatever the unit of currency is here, I don't even know.
And yeah, okay, if you all want a good laugh at my expense, my foster father is a billionaire, both through inheritance and being the CEO of a worldwide corporation. Go ahead, I've heard all the rich kid jokes and I don't really care, I'd just be grateful, in return, for a little--
[There's a voice yelling in the distance, something about not being paid to take breaks; Dick jumps up and shuts off the feed immediately. He does have a work ethic, okay, he was a circus performer until he was nine, but that money was all put in the bank.]
So this is, uh, ridiculously embarrassing.
[His hair's slicked back, too, and he's loosening a little bow tie with his other hand. Tugging at it with a little more force than strictly necessary.]
Exactly, um. Does anyone have any tips for how to... like, not go broke? How do people keep track of money? How do you not run out?
I plead lack of maturity, lack of understanding of the value of a... whatever the unit of currency is here, I don't even know.
And yeah, okay, if you all want a good laugh at my expense, my foster father is a billionaire, both through inheritance and being the CEO of a worldwide corporation. Go ahead, I've heard all the rich kid jokes and I don't really care, I'd just be grateful, in return, for a little--
[There's a voice yelling in the distance, something about not being paid to take breaks; Dick jumps up and shuts off the feed immediately. He does have a work ethic, okay, he was a circus performer until he was nine, but that money was all put in the bank.]
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[It was just as surprising to him, because he hadn't known either.]
I fear...our parents felt it dangerous, for the truth to be known. Perhaps they merely forgot that Loki was not always their son. I certainly did not know that he was not always my brother. I cannot claim to know their minds.
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Speaking as someone who does remember being adopted, the thing that made the difference was, yes, the presence of good intentions, but also the reiteration of them. Not in word, but... action.
[He knew Bruce and Alfred cared about him, because, despite being two of the stiffest, stuffiest, most austere, boring adults to ever walk the Earth, they tried. Their stiff stuffiness actually highlighted how much they'd tried to include him in their lives, whether it was by teaching him about their own interests or just never missing a birthday party.]