[ Robin looks behind him, seemingly satisfied with the distance between the two of them and the sunbathers down the beach. He sits just above where the waves reach, picking up a small stick and tracing patterns in the sand. ]
If you're with someone, you're supposed to trust them, right? And I have this whole secret identity thing, and... [ He shrugs again. ] Conner and M'gann, they kinda have it easy. They're just... them. But someone who likes me as Robin, or someone who likes me at school — they'd only be seeing half the picture.
[ Zatanna had kissed him, and Barbara had kissed him, and he thinks he likes them both. He’d liked Zatanna an awful lot, before everything had gone so wrong, but now he just feels guilty about that. But either way, Zatanna can never know Dick, and Barbara can never know Robin.
It’s different with Wally. Wally knows him: he can see where Dick and Robin connect, the parts of both of his carefully constructed selves that are real. And when he talks to Wally, he feels like a whole entire person. Like he’s not pretending to be anything for anyone.
Robin feels guilty about liking him, too. ]
There's exactly one person who really gets it, but it'd never, ever happen, so — that's one more secret I'm keeping from someone who thinks they know me. It's not easy, you know? Hiding things from my friends.
[ He thinks she might understand that part, at least. ]
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[ Robin looks behind him, seemingly satisfied with the distance between the two of them and the sunbathers down the beach. He sits just above where the waves reach, picking up a small stick and tracing patterns in the sand. ]
If you're with someone, you're supposed to trust them, right? And I have this whole secret identity thing, and... [ He shrugs again. ] Conner and M'gann, they kinda have it easy. They're just... them. But someone who likes me as Robin, or someone who likes me at school — they'd only be seeing half the picture.
[ Zatanna had kissed him, and Barbara had kissed him, and he thinks he likes them both. He’d liked Zatanna an awful lot, before everything had gone so wrong, but now he just feels guilty about that. But either way, Zatanna can never know Dick, and Barbara can never know Robin.
It’s different with Wally. Wally knows him: he can see where Dick and Robin connect, the parts of both of his carefully constructed selves that are real. And when he talks to Wally, he feels like a whole entire person. Like he’s not pretending to be anything for anyone.
Robin feels guilty about liking him, too. ]
There's exactly one person who really gets it, but it'd never, ever happen, so — that's one more secret I'm keeping from someone who thinks they know me. It's not easy, you know? Hiding things from my friends.
[ He thinks she might understand that part, at least. ]