"If I held my breath for as long as it'd take Bats to apologize I'd be dead again," Kon said cheekily.
But the rest just made Kon flash Dick a smile as he walked down the stair-rail, carefully balancing as they made their way down.
He hadn't forgotten it, everything that'd led up to the end he hadn't known he'd come back from. Him and Nightwing making their way to the Pole, talking about Superman and Batman, Wally and Babs, Tim and Cassie. It had reminded him of everything they were fighting for. And then they and Cassie had made a three-person last stand against the apocalypse.
He remembered how much easier it'd made it. It was the worst fight of his life, they'd been outmanned and outgunned until they freed the others from the tower, but they'd held together and even though he'd died, it had made it so much easier and more peaceful knowing they were there. It had made it so much easier to die when one of the last things he'd seen through blurred vision was Cassie and Nightwing frantically throwing wreckage aside to find him.
"I'm glad I'm still alive and kicking, too." A pause. "But even if I hadn't come back..."
Despite the fear, there had been a pervasive sense of peace because he hadn't been alone. And as he'd slipped away, he'd been secure in knowing how much he'd be missed. As hard as dying had been, it would've been a whole lot harder without the two of them.
"I never really, uh, said this to future you. A lot of time had passed when I came back and -" He paused again, awkward, because he was about to make this into a Moment. "But it wasn't as long ago for you so it makes a lot more sense to say it now."
The smile brightened even more.
"Thank you for being there. I didn't know I was going to come back. And we all fought for each other - Titans together, right? If I had kicked it then, for good, everything you did and said leading up to it, seeing you and Cass tearing through the wreckage to find me - it made it easier. Less scary. I wasn't alone."
That had made it so much more peaceful.
"I guess it's me and you and Cass up against the end of the world again, huh? At least we've got practice. I'll try to go at this thing with a little less dying this time."
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But the rest just made Kon flash Dick a smile as he walked down the stair-rail, carefully balancing as they made their way down.
He hadn't forgotten it, everything that'd led up to the end he hadn't known he'd come back from. Him and Nightwing making their way to the Pole, talking about Superman and Batman, Wally and Babs, Tim and Cassie. It had reminded him of everything they were fighting for. And then they and Cassie had made a three-person last stand against the apocalypse.
He remembered how much easier it'd made it. It was the worst fight of his life, they'd been outmanned and outgunned until they freed the others from the tower, but they'd held together and even though he'd died, it had made it so much easier and more peaceful knowing they were there. It had made it so much easier to die when one of the last things he'd seen through blurred vision was Cassie and Nightwing frantically throwing wreckage aside to find him.
"I'm glad I'm still alive and kicking, too." A pause. "But even if I hadn't come back..."
Despite the fear, there had been a pervasive sense of peace because he hadn't been alone. And as he'd slipped away, he'd been secure in knowing how much he'd be missed. As hard as dying had been, it would've been a whole lot harder without the two of them.
"I never really, uh, said this to future you. A lot of time had passed when I came back and -" He paused again, awkward, because he was about to make this into a Moment. "But it wasn't as long ago for you so it makes a lot more sense to say it now."
The smile brightened even more.
"Thank you for being there. I didn't know I was going to come back. And we all fought for each other - Titans together, right? If I had kicked it then, for good, everything you did and said leading up to it, seeing you and Cass tearing through the wreckage to find me - it made it easier. Less scary. I wasn't alone."
That had made it so much more peaceful.
"I guess it's me and you and Cass up against the end of the world again, huh? At least we've got practice. I'll try to go at this thing with a little less dying this time."