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[batmanschmatman]

Who: Dick Grayson and Billy Costigan
When: A couple hours after Mirrorverse ended and onwards.
Where: The infirmary.
Warnings: Death tolling and general misery.

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[lost_undercover]

Costigan leaned forward at the first sign of Dick awakening. As soon as the warden began to move and to try to sit up, he reached out an arm to press gently but firmly on the man's chest, encouraging Dick to lay back down. He spoke almost immediately after making physical contact, to at least reassure the disoriented warden that he was safe.

"You died, guy. Relax. You need to be here for awhile."

[batmanschmatman]

Dick fell backwards quickly, face screwing up in discomfort for a second - both from the medication and the feeling that he had a knife in his chest - before trying to relax as much as he could and focus on what Costigan had said.

He blinked uncomprehendingly at him for a second. "I... what?"

[lost_undercover]

"You died, in the flood." He replied in the same sort of neutral tone, reporting the facts. Costigan removed his arm from his warden and sat on the edge of the chair beside the bed, dropping his elbows on his knees and watching Dick. "You're in the infirmary."

[batmanschmatman]

He'd recognized it, and he knew he'd been hurt, but apart from that, his mind had been blank. At Costigan's repetition, though, memories started to flood back - the turbulence, the different Barge, the Renegade costume he'd found in his room, meeting up with Costigan -

He stopped, staring at him, worry lining his face. "Are you okay?"