She'd met a Batman once. He'd been Diana's friend - they'd come to her when he'd been shot full of lightning. She hadn't known for sure she could heal him, that was the first time she'd dealt with that much fresh electricity damage, but... it had worked. She'd known he was like Diana, that he was a hero, but she hadn't known all this...
If he was even the same one.
But he's not your mentor, Aang. Gyatso was.
She has a feeling she should lead the conversation somewhere else, so he'll say less that he'll regret, but she's not sure... where.
When is her heart going to stop hurting?]
Fire-- [she manages to choke this out somehow, instinctively reaching into her deepest memories for a different topic.
Mom...] --is a terrible way to die. I'm glad that someone was there for you.
[...okay, no, this hurts too much. Time to try and ground it in reality.]
I met someone here who said his name was Batman once, but he might not have been the same one. There are all different kinds of worlds and repeats here.
[All different kinds of worlds, all different kinds of experiments, the type that make you think you can be a different you -- Oh, Aang - try to remember.]
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She'd met a Batman once. He'd been Diana's friend - they'd come to her when he'd been shot full of lightning. She hadn't known for sure she could heal him, that was the first time she'd dealt with that much fresh electricity damage, but... it had worked. She'd known he was like Diana, that he was a hero, but she hadn't known all this...
If he was even the same one.
But he's not your mentor, Aang. Gyatso was.
She has a feeling she should lead the conversation somewhere else, so he'll say less that he'll regret, but she's not sure... where.
When is her heart going to stop hurting?]
Fire-- [she manages to choke this out somehow, instinctively reaching into her deepest memories for a different topic.
Mom...] --is a terrible way to die. I'm glad that someone was there for you.
[...okay, no, this hurts too much. Time to try and ground it in reality.]
I met someone here who said his name was Batman once, but he might not have been the same one. There are all different kinds of worlds and repeats here.
[All different kinds of worlds, all different kinds of experiments, the type that make you think you can be a different you -- Oh, Aang - try to remember.]