VOICE/TEXT 001! Wherein a bad little boy pretends to be good.

[birdthright]

[ The feed turns on, and there is a light shuffling of tiny feet. Inhuman feet. Four of them. It's a kitten! A rather noisy one, at that. Then, a child's voice. Polished down to the last syllable, but caring not to sound pretentious. Some of his words are deliberately stressed to factor in confusion. He's also getting good at hiding that cocky,

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voice // batcryption

[bodyreads]

A stray?

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[bodyreads]

[She stays absolutely still, eyes on the kitten. She doesn't even turn her head when he speaks to her. She's honestly never had a cat of her own to handle, but she's not afraid of a few scratches.

Cass almost suggests that he name it "Damian" for its caustic attitude and dislike of others. Bruce is an acceptable choice, though. (Maybe Jason.)]

Bruce sounds fine. [A beat.] Or...wait. See how he turns out.

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[birdthright]

[ Her stillness has a calming effect on the kitten. It reveals its
full body now, sniffing and nibbling her fingers lightly. He can agree with that option. Though he's not really sure wait till when ]

How will I know it's time to name it?

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[bodyreads]

You will. You'll just...know.

[Like many things in life, of course, that's just how it is. He'll just know. She smiles at the kitten and lets him chew on her fingers. Her pinky goes out to rub at its chin.]

They like "s" sounds.

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[birdthright]

[ He gives them both a stare. The cat is surprisingly receptive. ]

That sounds stupid. All of it. [ It makes little sense to him. That doesn't mean he's completely dismissing the idea, though. It will linger somewhere at the back of his head. ]

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[bodyreads]

[She actually manages a smile, looking over at him.]

You'll see.

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[birdthright]

I doubt it. [ Not much to say now. Damian turns back to the screen. He was familiarizing himself with the new computer system.

The cat finally gains the confidence to move closer to her legs, rubbing against them slightly. ]

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[bodyreads]

Mm. [She lets the cat do as he pleases, tracing two fingers down his back gently.]

How are you settling in?

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[birdthright]

[ It starts to purr, and Damian shoots them a glance. ]

I'm still getting used to the computer system.

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[bodyreads]

[Cass faintly smiles, turning to look up at the computer.]

How much do we have to use?

[Without Oracle - and with Batman having only been in Siren's Port for so long - she's not sure how much information will be readily available for them.]

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[birdthright]

How much of what?

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[bodyreads]

Information.

[She looks up at the screen.]

We don't have access to Oracle's networks here. We have to...start over.

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[birdthright]

That's what I'm trying to find out. [ Gets to typing. He's opening files and browsing through them. ]

As expected, Father has already collected a huge database of information.

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[bodyreads]

[Anyone who's well-known will have a file.]

Check one by one, every day.

[That way, they'll know what needs to be updated and what's already there.]

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[birdthright]

I know that. [ It makes sense, but he simply doesn't like to be told to do things when he had already considered them. ]

How good are you with these things? [ He remembers how she didn't just encrypt the conversation the last time they talked. ]

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[bodyreads]

[She examines the computer from where she's knelt on the ground with the kitten, not really wanting to get up and disturb it. She looks it over briefly.]

Pretty well.

[She's good at typing and she can definitely use voice commands to get what she needs. Batman's also set up her NV so she can have auto-encryptions.]