[ He sits down next to Hercules, cross-legged, and slumps a bit as he listens to Hercules talk. It's audible, how much it hurts him, and Dick, he can't relate, not really, not with his own limited experiences.
But he knows his nightmares, where he watches his family fall to their deaths night after night and he always tries to save them and he always fails. Or when it's the faces of Bruce, Alfred, and his friends falling, and he can't catch them before they hit the pavement. He relives the mission where he watched everyone die, where he sent his friends to their deaths, and every time he dreams it he tells himself it'll be different, and every time he dreams it, he sees no choice but to kill them all again.
How much worse is it when Hercules has to live like that? ]
None of us have much choice. ...You're not alone though, okay? Like, your team might not be here, but you've got friends. And... [ He lowers his voice a bit. ] Thor's here. That's good too. So no matter what you end up doing, you'll have support in it.
[ He sighs, drawing a leg up to his chest. ]
I don't know. I'm doing research, a lot of it, and I can share that with you if you want. But at least for me, I don't... I don't think restarting the world's the way to go about doing things. I'm kind of eh on the whole cyclical, death-rebirth thing. But I'm--we're here. Like, Seelie. Why?
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But he knows his nightmares, where he watches his family fall to their deaths night after night and he always tries to save them and he always fails. Or when it's the faces of Bruce, Alfred, and his friends falling, and he can't catch them before they hit the pavement. He relives the mission where he watched everyone die, where he sent his friends to their deaths, and every time he dreams it he tells himself it'll be different, and every time he dreams it, he sees no choice but to kill them all again.
How much worse is it when Hercules has to live like that? ]
None of us have much choice. ...You're not alone though, okay? Like, your team might not be here, but you've got friends. And... [ He lowers his voice a bit. ] Thor's here. That's good too. So no matter what you end up doing, you'll have support in it.
[ He sighs, drawing a leg up to his chest. ]
I don't know. I'm doing research, a lot of it, and I can share that with you if you want. But at least for me, I don't... I don't think restarting the world's the way to go about doing things. I'm kind of eh on the whole cyclical, death-rebirth thing. But I'm--we're here. Like, Seelie. Why?