[ Great now she has a mental image of young(....er) people putting their loved ones on a large carriage wheel, thanks asshole.
Which probably means that they're definitely not talking about the same thing, which means she's definitely not going to ask about it because that won't actually get her anywhere. Except more confused, maybe. ] Is that so. [ Is probably a perfectly neutral response. ]
Had you been close to the water? Back in Gotham? [ Because it sure sounds like it ( why does she never stop to think that he could have seen it on tv, who knows ). ]
City mostly sits on an island. A few of them, actually. Ocean on one side, bay on the other. [He walks in silence for a beat or two, then—] Wasn't exactly all boardwalks and beach bums, if that's what you're asking.
I imagine this [ She means the vastness of the sea ] is a familiar enough sight to you, regardless. [ How nice.
Except her curiosities never quite end there, because despite living by a peninsula, this hadn't the most common sight ( hard to be, when the sea isn't a viable path to escape ). She looks out to the sea, seemingly in thought, before she turns to Jason once more. ]
Did you ever have the chance to swim in the sea? I've heard that the salt in the waters allows you to float...
[Kids from Crime Alley don't hit the boardwalk, much. But being Robin means risking a dunk in the waves on a nightly basis. It all evened out. Anyway, that's clearly not the point.]
Don't tell me this is your first beach day. You would have gotten a real kick out of deer island.
Of... sorts. [ Apparenntly it's story for a story ( which, in theory, means that Jason owes her his entire life story, but ). ] Ylisse had been by a peninsula — though I don't have very much memories of visiting the ocean as a child. [ Mostly because she was stuck in the castle in the early years, and then running for her life in the later years. But whatever. ]
When I did have a chance — the sea had looked suffocating at the time. [ Given it was just another escape route that would never work; the ships had long since burned. But she speaks all of it in a casual enough manner, more like recounting the weather a month ago than anything else. ] This is much more pleasant in comparison.
[Hey, she's gotten more of it than most. Don't be greedy.
He's listening, though. Which might have something to do with the way he leads them down the boardwalk and onto the sand, past the fishermen and the pearl-divers, toward the water.
Lucina follows, at least, but not after a healthy pause for curiosity's sake. She's stupid enough to trust him blindly now, eyes on the horizon as she speaks. ] With everything that's going on, this is a rather nice change of pace. [ You know, spring break for mercenaries, because they didn't actually get to have a spring break.
... But they probably end up at the edge of the water, and she stops just before the waves. ] ... Jason?
[He told you he was scoping out the shore. What more do you want from him, Lucina, an itinerary?
If he can hear the hesitation and the question in the pause, he doesn't let on. Walking slowly along the waterline toward the fishing ships in the distance while she stalls.]
[ I mean he's the one who led them out to the water.
Not that she's complaining, exactly, because being far out in the water is ... nice. Calming. She could sit by the beach and let her problems just wash away, for a while.
Except they can't do that, because they're working, and Lucina doesn't understand the concept of having a nice time. ]
What are we looking for, exactly? Something to help us with the mission?
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Which probably means that they're definitely not talking about the same thing, which means she's definitely not going to ask about it because that won't actually get her anywhere. Except more confused, maybe. ] Is that so. [ Is probably a perfectly neutral response. ]
Had you been close to the water? Back in Gotham? [ Because it sure sounds like it ( why does she never stop to think that he could have seen it on tv, who knows ). ]
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The answer, as it happens, is both.]
City mostly sits on an island. A few of them, actually. Ocean on one side, bay on the other. [He walks in silence for a beat or two, then—] Wasn't exactly all boardwalks and beach bums, if that's what you're asking.
[More shipyards and subway stations, etc.]
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Except her curiosities never quite end there, because despite living by a peninsula, this hadn't the most common sight ( hard to be, when the sea isn't a viable path to escape ). She looks out to the sea, seemingly in thought, before she turns to Jason once more. ]
Did you ever have the chance to swim in the sea? I've heard that the salt in the waters allows you to float...
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[Kids from Crime Alley don't hit the boardwalk, much. But being Robin means risking a dunk in the waves on a nightly basis. It all evened out. Anyway, that's clearly not the point.]
Don't tell me this is your first beach day. You would have gotten a real kick out of deer island.
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When I did have a chance — the sea had looked suffocating at the time. [ Given it was just another escape route that would never work; the ships had long since burned. But she speaks all of it in a casual enough manner, more like recounting the weather a month ago than anything else. ] This is much more pleasant in comparison.
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He's listening, though. Which might have something to do with the way he leads them down the boardwalk and onto the sand, past the fishermen and the pearl-divers, toward the water.
Briskly—]
Oh yeah, a regular spring break for mercenaries.
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Lucina follows, at least, but not after a healthy pause for curiosity's sake. She's stupid enough to trust him blindly now, eyes on the horizon as she speaks. ] With everything that's going on, this is a rather nice change of pace. [ You know, spring break for mercenaries, because they didn't actually get to have a spring break.
... But they probably end up at the edge of the water, and she stops just before the waves. ] ... Jason?
[ Why are they here? ]
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If he can hear the hesitation and the question in the pause, he doesn't let on. Walking slowly along the waterline toward the fishing ships in the distance while she stalls.]
What's up, Princess?
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Not that she's complaining, exactly, because being far out in the water is ... nice. Calming. She could sit by the beach and let her problems just wash away, for a while.
Except they can't do that, because they're working, and Lucina doesn't understand the concept of having a nice time. ]
What are we looking for, exactly? Something to help us with the mission?