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From this.

"You will find strength, and peace."

He promises, with belief.

Date: 2012-08-20 06:53 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (Default)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
He realizes then how deep his distrust--his fear--has gone, that he hesitates to even answer the question.

But chances are they're dead already.

"Alfred Pennyworth and Lucius Fox. I was taken before they were but they're ordinary people--they might still be alive somewhere."

Date: 2012-08-20 07:00 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (maskless)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
Bruce acts out, at times, but when the emotion is really powerful he goes as still and pale as the boy who had watched his parents bleed out in an alley.

He stares up at Bane, begging him silently not to be lying about it.

It's when he speaks that he finally moves, turning to face him.

"And Alfred?"

Date: 2012-08-20 07:14 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (you think)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
This time he doesn't flinch.

"Is it safe to move him here?"

Date: 2012-08-20 07:22 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (huh)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
Bruce nods, voice quiet.

"You know how many people have died out there. For all I know, Fox is the only person I have left."

So no. He would never forgive Bane or anyone else if Fox was harmed. But this also means he shouldn't overlook the help that has been given to him.

"...Thank you. For telling me."

Date: 2012-08-20 07:38 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (victor)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
"I can take it."

Sounding more like the man he'd been before the war. The expression in his eyes isn't so hard, or flat.

Date: 2012-08-20 07:46 pm (UTC)
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"I'm not out to trick you."

It doesn't occur to Bruce that there might be a different side to this.

But he settles again, legs crossed, back straight.

"Who do you have out there? In the war?"

Date: 2012-08-20 09:28 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (Default)
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He quiets at that, and doesn't argue.

"We can talk."

Date: 2012-08-20 11:29 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (neck rub)
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"Old. Same age as Fox."

Which doesn't improve Alfred's chances of survival out there.

"He...he raised me."

Date: 2012-08-20 11:33 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (huh)
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He looks up to meet Bane's eyes, then nods, looks away again. These little insights Bane has shouldn't unsettle him; Bruce was one of the most famous men in the world once upon a time. But hearing them from someone who seems to be completely removed from that world...it is unsettling.

"Where are you from?"

Date: 2012-08-20 11:38 pm (UTC)
lasiurus: (peace)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
"You shouldn't have to live with it either."

He sits back, resting on one hand.

"And I've been through the Asian markets before. This is...different."

Date: 2012-08-21 01:39 am (UTC)
lasiurus: (breaking character)
From: [personal profile] lasiurus
"Your world order doesn't have much room for compassion."

He's steely, Batman again, even if he's making no move to be violent.

"What you suggest would have us rolling in the mud like animals, always fighting to destroy anyone who rises out of it."

Date: 2012-08-21 01:45 am (UTC)
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His mouth tightens. Touche.

"That's not the point. We evolved into creatures capable of compassion, and hope, and societies are meant to safeguard its weakest members."

Admittedly that isn't how it usually goes, but Bruce has spent far too long fighting for justice to just throw up his hands.

Date: 2012-08-21 01:53 am (UTC)
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"Things were getting better."

But how helpless and small he felt most days. Even when the streets were being cleaned up by the real law enforcement; even when the Joker was locked away forever.

"The aliens made it worse; why do you defend what they caused? Slavery for everyone is better than slavery for some?"

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