It isn't how many times you fall... [Open, In Progress]
WHO: Batman, Max, and anyone else who wants to come see Max
WHAT: A hard goodbye and dealing with failure
WHERE: The corpse field
WHEN: Day 148, evening.
It wasn't hard to find her. At another time, in another place, he might have given her hell for making such a target out of herself. But now wasn't the time. After what had happened... if the same had happened to Dick or Tim or Barbara-- or, now, he admitted to himself, Claire or Max or Hiruma or Cassandra-- he wouldn't have acted much differently.
He approached silently, respectfully, arriving at her side before saying a word, taking just a second to glance at her, but, by and large, keeping his eyes on the pyre. He knew how she felt, and knew that she would probably hate being seen like this. At the same time, she needed to talk. So he did his best to give her both privacy and confidant.
WHAT: A hard goodbye and dealing with failure
WHERE: The corpse field
WHEN: Day 148, evening.
It wasn't hard to find her. At another time, in another place, he might have given her hell for making such a target out of herself. But now wasn't the time. After what had happened... if the same had happened to Dick or Tim or Barbara-- or, now, he admitted to himself, Claire or Max or Hiruma or Cassandra-- he wouldn't have acted much differently.
He approached silently, respectfully, arriving at her side before saying a word, taking just a second to glance at her, but, by and large, keeping his eyes on the pyre. He knew how she felt, and knew that she would probably hate being seen like this. At the same time, she needed to talk. So he did his best to give her both privacy and confidant.