[003] Stephanie Brown [Video]

[felldown7gotup8]

[There is a small moment of static from the berry bouncing up against something and then the feed comes to focus. Slowly shifting through the air, the field of vision gracefully drifting as the device does. Splotches of paint from open containers in the recreational room splay against the surrounding area along with other items that have lost their

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action.

[crossespurpose]

[He watches her take up the berry and is quiet as he holds onto the taller figure, watching colors sail through the air, drifting gracefully like a strange painting that moves across the space between. A breath in and a breath out and he tries to loosen his posture, not seem so tense as Steph has been there for him after they were introduced indirectly via Damian, someone that Colin trusted--one of the only people he knew he could trust despite the whole reality versus sanity question still rolling around in his mind. Every week had been a new sort of anxiety for him but with the blonde he felt comfortable because if Damian sent her, then Colin knew he could trust her--at least he hoped he could.

Trying to clear his mind, trying to force away the worry and the unstable nature of it he parted his lips to speak after a moment.] Thanks for helping me.

Again.

[felldown7gotup8]

No sweat, kiddo. [Steph absent-mindedly touseled his hair with her free hand as the momentary distraction fades and the weight of the last couple weeks comes crashing back down on her. Her smile weakens, and she glances away from Colin, trying to keep from conveying her issues to a kid who's clearly already got plenty of his own.]

I'm always happy to.

And it is good to know I managed to be there for somebody at least.

[crossespurpose]

[Sure he has problems, sure he spends most of his time questioning his own reality and sanity within the contours of his mind but he is aware and he is still a child and if anything children are particularly aware of others feelings. They can pick up on this rather quickly and Colin, having spent almost a months time in near perpetual company with Steph, was watching her as her mood suddenly dropped.

The words though--as children are just as perceptive--hit him at the end and he frowns slightly. Looking upon her face.]

Are you alright?

[felldown7gotup8]

I--what, yeah, of course I-- [She pauses and looks at him with a lopsided smile. In the entire time she'd known him, he'd always been hyperaware; she should have known he'd figure it out.]

That obvious, huh?

[crossespurpose]

[He pauses and as he holds onto her, pulls back just slightly, his legs freely floating in the zero-gravity. He is hyper-aware, particularly now and after his arrival, before then though--he still might have caught on with a childs intuition.] Yeah.

You just seem sad.