[The compliment pulls a smile from her and she ducks her head shyly to scan the retreating forms around them.]
I wouldn't be too sure about that. [It feels good to hear it anyway. All of this feels good if she's honest. She hasn't exactly been here that long, but she's had to fight a couple of monsters in the last day and every fight without her partner at her back had felt wrong. Fighting with Nightwing makes her feel together in a way she hadn't even realized she was lacking.
It only makes her miss Simon more though. (Someone having her back still isn't the same thing as the right person having her back.)
A few green tendrils hurry the last of the monsters along and then they're on their own and she lets her arm fall back to her side.]
Looks like this section is clear for now. Do you think they'll be back?
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I wouldn't be too sure about that. [It feels good to hear it anyway. All of this feels good if she's honest. She hasn't exactly been here that long, but she's had to fight a couple of monsters in the last day and every fight without her partner at her back had felt wrong. Fighting with Nightwing makes her feel together in a way she hadn't even realized she was lacking.
It only makes her miss Simon more though. (Someone having her back still isn't the same thing as the right person having her back.)
A few green tendrils hurry the last of the monsters along and then they're on their own and she lets her arm fall back to her side.]
Looks like this section is clear for now. Do you think they'll be back?