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[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.]

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Uh, noted.

[He smiles slightly.]

Sorry to do that to you. It'll be a long time before I'm ready for anything fancy. I guess I could approach it like chemistry. I'm kind of good at that, even if my best friend is better.

Chemistry is a good way to look at it for now, kinda like how art class is all boring and about technique and brushstrokes and theory until it's about art and style and creativity!

Are you saying cooking has a point where it's more creativity than than technique and theory?

[He isn't sure he's deciphering that very well...]

Exactly! At first it's all about rules, and measuring, directions. But once you're good you can start playing with the directions and ignoring some of the rules.

Not all of the rules, but the rules that are really more like guidelines!

Great. I'll be ready for that... shortly after forever.

What's really, really easy?

Before forever. You need to be confident if you wanna learn.

Sandwiches and soup, easiest things. There's not a lot of worry about prepping any parts. All about having good ingredients and taste.

Well, I'll recover my confidence shortly before forever, I'm sure. This is just that little bit humiliating.

You do not know how dumb I feel for not putting that together on my own. I'm clearly a danger to myself and others.

You shouldn't feel dumb! I mean, how much thought have you put into cooking before today?

Kids get so impatient sometimes... Geez.

[He heard "kids" and not much else of that... Bit of a hot button, but he lets it go for now.]

How about "unprepared?" May I feel like that?

Of course! Unless you had six months warning that you would be stolen from your home and sent out on a magical pokemon adventure!

...you didn't have that, right?

Nope.

Did someone else? I'd like to believe someone out there caught a break.

Nobody catches breaks here, only Pokemon!

The closest thing is some peeople have been here, gone home, and been here again. If they remember everything it makes it all a lot easier the second time around.

Are you say only Pokemon catch breaks or we only catch Pokemon?

[This is important.]

That's kind of depressing. To leave and come back... It sounds a little painful, too, because it means you'll have to leave your Pokemon again.

Both!

*Was it, Imogen couldn't tell.</small.* Well, yeah... it's really sad, but. You get to be home?

I know, but it seems like that'd be harder for the Pokemon. You can't take them back, and that... [hits a little too close to home] doesn't appeal.

And your friends here too, you make connections and then they get severed. No matter where you are, you're away from someone who will miss you.

There's just no appealing way to solve this... You'll always leave people behind.

Sounds like a great metaphor for life, when you say it like that.

Where "great" means "depressing."

I guess the answer is just to do what you can, while you can, right?

Roses smell better because garbage is disgusting.

Best reason not to waste time on anything, except wasting it on everything important!

Still, you don't bring roses to a dump just to remind yourself of such.

But I hear you. Don't have regrets because you're busy making sure there's nothing left to regret.

Also if you only look at what you can't do and what you don't have.

You'll never realize what you can do or see what you do have!

Right, right.

And the monsters are a good thing to have, personally.

Dick Grayson 002 Ⓡ video

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