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cause you spend your nights corralling the little prince

[ and she's an old school bad girl, tyvm, the kind that mr and mrs drake didn't want around their sweet boy even before the vigilante factor came into play. course she can dance. ]

my dad's a shithead, so i take care of myself.
i'm trying to get money for online schooling on my own.
don't have a lot of friends, so if i bring someone in, they're good people.

[ i.e. you're trustworthy and special in this scenario, dickie. babs taught her the truth makes for the best lies. ]

that's a recent thing.

[One that's slowly starting to creep into every area of his life, in a way that Dick is actually fond of now that he feels slightly less out of his depth.

But never has he felt so much like the lame dad that's trying to convince other people he was 'with it' once, thanks Steph]

the best lies are the truth.

[He's echoing it, unintentionally, but it's meant as clear approval. There's a multitude of reasons that Dick doesn't have an alternate persona in his personal life- he might not pretend to be as perceptive and intelligent as he is, but he definitely doesn't go the lengths Bruce did- and that's one of them]

Did you specify an area of interest?
we could keep it simple.
have me already in the program and met helping you meet the other academic requirements.

[Nobody has to strain too hard, gives her more help than her actual family- that would go a long way with that crowd]

times change, dick.
everyone has new moves here in 2511.

[ and despite all her protests, his echoed approval warms her. ]

medicine, since i know about it already.

[ she spent the year of her dying abroad with leslie, after all. he'll remember that. ]

i like that.
"this is richard, my tutor, he's very smart and trustworthy. we didn't meet when i dropped my books in the hallway because campuses and books don't exist anymore, but he did help me out when i couldn't find the right text at the holo-library. his passions include the two-hundred and first edition of the digital dewey decimal system and also karate. he says he's a good dancer, but we'll be the judge of that. ;)"

[ what an elevator pitch. ]

some things are classics for a reason.
and did you hear what they did to ABBA?

[He's dead serious. He checked out some of these tunes- same lyrics, different vocals and a hell of a different synth beat. Futuristic remixes of some of the worlds best pop songs.

He can still dance to it, but what the hell you guys :(]

that's

[A length pause]

great.

[Not only does he have to be Richard, she's now ensuring he has to pretend to be well- Tim, when Dick himself lasted in college for the total of an entire semester, before dropping out and never looking back.

It was his idea, but not quite what he had in mind. Still, for now, it is her show]

i don't hate the gimme gimme/hung up megamix, but i see your point overall.

[ you poor disco dinosaur. ]

and thanks, i was feeling it.

[ she hesitates, then. ]

if you're still free, i think the guy at my fast food heart attack of choice accidentally-on-purpose doubled my pizza order.
could drop some off at your place.

[ a ~~pizza~~ peace offering. ]

it's not what i was expecting out of the future.

[Like, check yes for hover boards, mutilation of his favourite gymnastic work out playlist- not so much.

Discowing was majestic, leave him alone, Spoiler]

i'll bet.

[In person that would have been dry, mouth still slightly quirked in a smile. Is it really a Batgirl teamup if he's not slightly bullied and having small regrets?]

dinner and dancing?
i can't remember the last time i was so charmed.
come over, pull up a cushion.

[ Spoiler was a rebel and cool as hell, so jot that down. ]

i'm the whole package.
but a cushion? that's five-star treatment.

[ the best thing about creepy brain implants is the ease with which one can text, walk, and carry two pizza boxes. ]

[Spoiler wore a ski mask and an eggplant coloured hood. She left something to be desired]

You could upgrade to an entire chair, if the pizza has pepperoni.

[that's a lie, he doesn't have anything resembling a dining table or appropriate chairs. Just the worst couch you've ever seen. He doesn't cook]

no meat this side of climate change, i'm afraid, even at private-pie, home of the world's greatest sleuths and toppings

[ is private-pie a "retro" (by future standards) PI themed pizza restaurant? yes, yes it is. ]

but i did double down on veg to compensate slash lull myself into a false sense of healthiness

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