Dick and Tim talk. Awkwardly.
Dick: ...Dick's calling.
Tim: Heh
Tim: It rings for a WHILE before Tim picks up.
Dick: "Hi, Tim."
Tim: "Hi."
Dick: "Are you all right?"
Tim: "Fine."
Dick: "I'm, uh, glad."
Tim: "Uh huh."
Tim: "...Did you need something?"
Dick: "I'm just worried about you."
Tim: "Yeah. I'm just peachy."
Dick: "I'm sure."
Tim: "Whatever. Satisfied?"
Dick: "Not really."
Tim: ::impatient noise:: "What do you want, then?"
Dick: "A lot of things. I'm satisfied you're alive. Doesn't mean I'm satisfied overall."
Tim: "Fine. How's Alfred?"
Dick: "Good. He misses you too."
Tim: "I told him where I was headed when I stopped by to pick up Grayson."
Dick: "What, does that mean he can't miss you?"
Tim: "I didn't say that."
Dick: "Well... okay."
Tim: "Look, Dick. I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no idea what to say to you right now."
Dick: "I'm sorry, Tim."
Tim: "Somehow, that's not especially helpful right now.'
Dick: "Well, what do you want me to do?"
Tim: "I don't actually know."
Dick: "I am sorry."
Tim: ::sigh:: "Yeah. I know you are."
Dick: "And I get why you're mad and I really could have handled that better."
Tim: "No shit."
Dick: "So... I hope you can someday forgive me."
Tim: "I probably won't feel like this forever."
Dick: "I'm glad."
Tim: "While I do feel this way, though--I really don't want to talk to you."
Dick: "I understand. Please occasionally let me know you're alive, though."
Tim: "I think you'd hear somoething if I died."
Dick: "I'd prefer to be able to know you're in trouble before it comes to that."
Tim: "Honestly--you're not going to be the first person I call if I'm in trouble."
Dick: "Fine. That isn't what I asked you to do, though."
Tim: "Yeah. You want me to check in."
Dick: "I'm worried about you."
Tim: "I'm perfectly capable of takng care of myself."
Dick: "And Bruce wasn't?"
Tim: "...Of course he was."
Dick: "Please check in occasionally. We don't have to talk past 'I'm alive' if you don't want."
Tim: "Will you require a phone call, or will e-mail be sufficient?"
Dick: "I'd prefer a phone call."
Tim: "I'll see what I can do."
Dick: "I appreciate it."
Tim: "Yeah."
Dick: "Well. Your required talking time is over."
Tim: ::snort:: "Thanks."
Dick: *slight smile* "Be careful, Tim. And again, I'm sorry."
Tim: "I'm always careful."
Dick: "Good. Well, bye."
Tim: "'Bye."
Tim: Heh
Tim: It rings for a WHILE before Tim picks up.
Dick: "Hi, Tim."
Tim: "Hi."
Dick: "Are you all right?"
Tim: "Fine."
Dick: "I'm, uh, glad."
Tim: "Uh huh."
Tim: "...Did you need something?"
Dick: "I'm just worried about you."
Tim: "Yeah. I'm just peachy."
Dick: "I'm sure."
Tim: "Whatever. Satisfied?"
Dick: "Not really."
Tim: ::impatient noise:: "What do you want, then?"
Dick: "A lot of things. I'm satisfied you're alive. Doesn't mean I'm satisfied overall."
Tim: "Fine. How's Alfred?"
Dick: "Good. He misses you too."
Tim: "I told him where I was headed when I stopped by to pick up Grayson."
Dick: "What, does that mean he can't miss you?"
Tim: "I didn't say that."
Dick: "Well... okay."
Tim: "Look, Dick. I'm sorry, but I have absolutely no idea what to say to you right now."
Dick: "I'm sorry, Tim."
Tim: "Somehow, that's not especially helpful right now.'
Dick: "Well, what do you want me to do?"
Tim: "I don't actually know."
Dick: "I am sorry."
Tim: ::sigh:: "Yeah. I know you are."
Dick: "And I get why you're mad and I really could have handled that better."
Tim: "No shit."
Dick: "So... I hope you can someday forgive me."
Tim: "I probably won't feel like this forever."
Dick: "I'm glad."
Tim: "While I do feel this way, though--I really don't want to talk to you."
Dick: "I understand. Please occasionally let me know you're alive, though."
Tim: "I think you'd hear somoething if I died."
Dick: "I'd prefer to be able to know you're in trouble before it comes to that."
Tim: "Honestly--you're not going to be the first person I call if I'm in trouble."
Dick: "Fine. That isn't what I asked you to do, though."
Tim: "Yeah. You want me to check in."
Dick: "I'm worried about you."
Tim: "I'm perfectly capable of takng care of myself."
Dick: "And Bruce wasn't?"
Tim: "...Of course he was."
Dick: "Please check in occasionally. We don't have to talk past 'I'm alive' if you don't want."
Tim: "Will you require a phone call, or will e-mail be sufficient?"
Dick: "I'd prefer a phone call."
Tim: "I'll see what I can do."
Dick: "I appreciate it."
Tim: "Yeah."
Dick: "Well. Your required talking time is over."
Tim: ::snort:: "Thanks."
Dick: *slight smile* "Be careful, Tim. And again, I'm sorry."
Tim: "I'm always careful."
Dick: "Good. Well, bye."
Tim: "'Bye."