Might make you the most qualified kid in all Etraya to lend a helping hand.
( sounding a little amused. she doubts clark's parents weren't involved in their collective lives, which means kansas and the farm and... whatever living setup they all have. like she even knows. )
Hah. Please, do. Invite me when you're trying, I can... theoretically do something adult useful per Accelerator's parameters.
( She's been on his grandparent's farm exactly once, and it was to bring his heavily sickened father there, so who. Knows. What one does on farms in reality versus general conception? )
Fine, fine, Superboy to the rescue. Just try to find a reason to be in civvies when you get down to the real cleaning? Unless we're asking for a second super-suit for you.
( Batman, who refuses to meet anyone, is offering advice. )
Jon... I'm asking this without expecting you to know, but does Batman ever deal sensibly with problems as they arise, or does he overthink and overplan and end up in convoluted situations that direct communication could have solved more often than any given person should on the regular?
( she could list out the reasons behind her logic, and she doesn't assume she's right, but... she is lifting an eyebrow her son can't see.
he's also not refuting anything about that. )
I'm sure he's Gotham's Dark Knight. ( Because yes, Gotham does need someone fighting for her. Still. ) But he's not your father, and he's not making sense for you. What he and Robin do are things they can work out for themselves, but I think the call about who you want to be while you're here is something you and your dad have a greater say in than this Batman.
( she can’t see, but he really is just blinking there on the other end because… she sounds so incredibly like his mom that it just takes him a couple seconds to remember he’s not home. )
I know but he just wants me to be safe. Especially from Luthor.
( if she had any idea how similar she sounds to herself... )
I believe he and you both believe he wants that, but his answer is ( lazy, sloppy, shortsighted ) inadequate. Luthor seeing you as Superboy is already going to attract more attention from him than if you were running around as Jon and doing metahuman things.
( she pauses, breathing in for a moment. it's pretty clear to her there are enough alternate realities in play here that luthor may be significantly different in his actions and obsessions from world to world. batman doesn't know their luthor, most likely. jon doesn't either. even if jon did, he's a kid. there are things she wouldn't expect him to understand in the same ways she hopes batman, a supposedly grown adult, should. )
Has your dad told you what it is that turned public tide against him in our last week on our Earth?
( if he were solely in the care of batman here were hos parents — any version of them — not around within etraya like this, well. that would sure be Something. )
Uh, no? What happened?
( is this going to be something that upsets him? )
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( heh. of course he does. look who his dad is. )
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( sounding a little amused. she doubts clark's parents weren't involved in their collective lives, which means kansas and the farm and... whatever living setup they all have. like she even knows. )
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You mean at the farm or in general?
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Either or. The farm's on topic, but if he's not much of a farm hand...
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( heh. that'd be fun. )
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( She's been on his grandparent's farm exactly once, and it was to bring his heavily sickened father there, so who. Knows. What one does on farms in reality versus general conception? )
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( Based 100% on everything she saw on Clark's walls. School age stuff, but that's... what would be relevant to a kid his age. )
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( gives him something to do if anything. )
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( That time she definitely sounds amused. )
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( gosh! )
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Batman said I should pick one identity and stick to that and I've been around as Superboy a lot.
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( Batman, who refuses to meet anyone, is offering advice. )
Jon... I'm asking this without expecting you to know, but does Batman ever deal sensibly with problems as they arise, or does he overthink and overplan and end up in convoluted situations that direct communication could have solved more often than any given person should on the regular?
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I mean... he's good at what he does?
( he knows his parents have had their share of things to say about batman, but. you know. )
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he's also not refuting anything about that. )
I'm sure he's Gotham's Dark Knight. ( Because yes, Gotham does need someone fighting for her. Still. ) But he's not your father, and he's not making sense for you. What he and Robin do are things they can work out for themselves, but I think the call about who you want to be while you're here is something you and your dad have a greater say in than this Batman.
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I know but he just wants me to be safe. Especially from Luthor.
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I believe he and you both believe he wants that, but his answer is ( lazy, sloppy, shortsighted ) inadequate. Luthor seeing you as Superboy is already going to attract more attention from him than if you were running around as Jon and doing metahuman things.
( she pauses, breathing in for a moment. it's pretty clear to her there are enough alternate realities in play here that luthor may be significantly different in his actions and obsessions from world to world. batman doesn't know their luthor, most likely. jon doesn't either. even if jon did, he's a kid. there are things she wouldn't expect him to understand in the same ways she hopes batman, a supposedly grown adult, should. )
Has your dad told you what it is that turned public tide against him in our last week on our Earth?
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Uh, no? What happened?
( is this going to be something that upsets him? )
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