[She thinks back. It was a cloudy day. It always is in Gotham.]
He said... you liked cars and girls and ice cream and green and getting into fights... [Her speech patterns shift closer to Bruce's as she tries to remember his words.]
...And that you loved being Robin. That you wanted to prove something.
And he wished he had done something to help you. That you could've gone to college and lived your life.
[A pause.]
He wanted to do better with Spoiler. Protect her in the ways he didn't know how to protect you.
[Jason thinks Bruce didn't learn from Jason's death. He did. But Tim and Stephanie needed Robin just as much as Batman did-- does. The only thing more... risking than letting them be Robin would be not letting them.]
no subject
He said... you liked cars and girls and ice cream and green and getting into fights... [Her speech patterns shift closer to Bruce's as she tries to remember his words.]
...And that you loved being Robin. That you wanted to prove something.
And he wished he had done something to help you. That you could've gone to college and lived your life.
[A pause.]
He wanted to do better with Spoiler. Protect her in the ways he didn't know how to protect you.
[Jason thinks Bruce didn't learn from Jason's death. He did. But Tim and Stephanie needed Robin just as much as Batman did-- does. The only thing more... risking than letting them be Robin would be not letting them.]