[ Okay. So Wally's not running. Which means at least he can relax, even if his heart hasn't gotten the memo yet. ]
It's not your powers, dude. And it's nothing you did wrong. Even if I do want you to come home. It's... it's a lot of things.
[ The words are hard again, like he got all of them out at once. Like his quota for the month. Maybe his whole life. ]
I've been here for three months, and you've been the only constant thing in my life since I got here, you know? And even if we'd been kidnapped, and stuff was serious, it... it was okay. I liked it. Having you around all the time. But then I went back home, and— and then everything got more complicated. And I realized how fragile our team is. And if even Batman can forget me, then... being your best friend, that's all I have left, and...
[ He bites down hard on the inside of his cheek, folding his hands tightly in his lap and looking out the window at the dark sky. ]
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It's not your powers, dude. And it's nothing you did wrong. Even if I do want you to come home. It's... it's a lot of things.
[ The words are hard again, like he got all of them out at once. Like his quota for the month. Maybe his whole life. ]
I've been here for three months, and you've been the only constant thing in my life since I got here, you know? And even if we'd been kidnapped, and stuff was serious, it... it was okay. I liked it. Having you around all the time. But then I went back home, and— and then everything got more complicated. And I realized how fragile our team is. And if even Batman can forget me, then... being your best friend, that's all I have left, and...
[ He bites down hard on the inside of his cheek, folding his hands tightly in his lap and looking out the window at the dark sky. ]
... like I said, I just got scared.