I'll bet he has. [ He says it a little wryly, though it's an odd feeling. That realization of just how likely it is that the specific shock Tim's referring to is something else entirely. Something else he can't fathom.
He knows he owes Tim more than that. ]
When I saw him... alive... I-
He knew the situation wasn't right. He wanted to set me straight on who he is now before I could start... assuming the wrong things, I guess? [ And probably, in the light of 20/20 hindsight, it had been a test. A test of Dick's loyalty. Of just how far he'd take family over an ugly, twisted truth. It has been up to him to step up.
It had been up to him, and he'd failed, and somehow it's worse now for Tim to see that in him. He keeps his gaze trained on the ground. ]
...Anyway, I didn't handle it well.
I'm not sure how open he is to talking now. I've been reaching out, but... [ As much as he can't really blame him given where they'd left things, the sting of those unanswered calls is still fresh. ]
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He knows he owes Tim more than that. ]
When I saw him... alive... I-
He knew the situation wasn't right. He wanted to set me straight on who he is now before I could start... assuming the wrong things, I guess? [ And probably, in the light of 20/20 hindsight, it had been a test. A test of Dick's loyalty. Of just how far he'd take family over an ugly, twisted truth. It has been up to him to step up.
It had been up to him, and he'd failed, and somehow it's worse now for Tim to see that in him. He keeps his gaze trained on the ground. ]
...Anyway, I didn't handle it well.
I'm not sure how open he is to talking now. I've been reaching out, but... [ As much as he can't really blame him given where they'd left things, the sting of those unanswered calls is still fresh. ]