@d.grayson ( text )

[identifier]

anyone else trying to cross the river? we should pool our resources.

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[evocation]

Sure. Just... You know. If you ever start getting stir crazy.

[Then she smiles again, mischevious this time, and pokes at his side.]

Or you just really, really want me to teach you how to turn invisible because everyone is driving you nuts.

[identifier]

[ he startles. not used to that except from donna. but it makes him think of her (and miss her). would she mourn him?

he smiles, bittersweet. ]

Yeah, yeah. If you ever figure out the flight one...

[ she’s close enough to see the spark in his eyes. he wants so badly to fly. ]

[evocation]

I'll try it. Is that the only thing you'd want to learn?

[identifier]

Oh, yeah, now that you’ve mentioned I could turn invisible I’m thinking about it right now. [ he wiggles his fingers at her. poof! he could disappear.

he doesn’t need more reason to be a ninja, kyna!!!!! ]

[evocation]

[Kyna bursts out laughing.]

Is that how you think I do it? Wiggle my fingers?

[identifier]

[ he’s not even fighting his smile now. the blue glow of his lantern lights him up. ]

Come on Kyna, don’t you know that’s what you’re supposed to do. Wave your hands and say Abracadabra.

[evocation]

[He smiles and she feels accomplished, somehow, so the teasing is fated to continue.]

Ohhh, you're an expert now.

[But she does as he suggests, waving her hand.]

Abracadabra.

[And confetti rains down between them, shaped like little unicorns, glittering in the light from their lanterns. Before it hits the ground, it disappears.]

[identifier]

[ his smiles since his arrival have been rare. dick doesn’t like being angry, but it’s been his life for the past year. and before that. but it didn’t have that much space around bruce and alfred.

on his own, it’s expanded. it fills him up. being trapped and worrying about rachel and the others. not sleeping that well in the tree he’s got for himself.

she’s achieved a real victory. she got him to relax his guard. even if it won’t drop completely. ]

Hey! What - [ bet she thought that was funny!

he’d dusted his hair reflexively. but it’s really all gone. ]

I’m going to remember that.

[evocation]

Yeah? What are you gonna do, arrest me?

[It's nice—more like back home, bantering and teasing before a job, even if it might end up being dangerous. She doesn't have to think about being dead or about why they're here or about anything else. Not for these few moments, anyway.]

[identifier]

[ he rolls his eyes playfully. ]

Yeah, I'm the fun police, your jokes are too funny. I got the handcuffs right here.

[ he pretends to dig in his pocket for them. there's a set on him, but he won't draw them out. ]

[evocation]

[She gasps, feigning shock, and leans forward to whisper conspiratorially.]

So you do like my jokes!

[identifier]

[ dick shrugs. ]

I can take them or leave them. [ it's too late for him. and he hasn't stopped smiling. ]