[ Was that it? That was... relatively painless. He wonders if it's back to normal. Can he actually walk on it again? Can he run? Can he ditch the crutch and never look back?
... oh. But first, talking. All right, he can... he can do that. Dick makes a soft noise of acknowledgment, his hands unclenching and then folding in his lap. ]
A lot of it... was me overthinking things. Or maybe just too much at once. You know how one bad thing can be fine, and two can be tolerable, but five's overwhelming? It was sort of like that.
[ Dick can't really imagine Alfred overwhelmed. He seems way too cool for that. But he's sure he understands anyway. Somehow. ]
... The kidnapping's over. My friends are safe. Everyone's back home. And I think I actually helped. So... that's good. And I talked about the rest of it with Wally, all the stuff that was getting to me, and that really helped clear my head. I'm not so worried anymore. [ But he hesitates at the end. He'd gotten too much off his chest with Wally, and that part was still tying him in knots. ]
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Date: 2014-08-08 10:05 pm (UTC)From:... oh. But first, talking. All right, he can... he can do that. Dick makes a soft noise of acknowledgment, his hands unclenching and then folding in his lap. ]
A lot of it... was me overthinking things. Or maybe just too much at once. You know how one bad thing can be fine, and two can be tolerable, but five's overwhelming? It was sort of like that.
[ Dick can't really imagine Alfred overwhelmed. He seems way too cool for that. But he's sure he understands anyway. Somehow. ]
... The kidnapping's over. My friends are safe. Everyone's back home. And I think I actually helped. So... that's good. And I talked about the rest of it with Wally, all the stuff that was getting to me, and that really helped clear my head. I'm not so worried anymore. [ But he hesitates at the end. He'd gotten too much off his chest with Wally, and that part was still tying him in knots. ]