She sobers at that, but she looks more thoughtful than anything else; her instinct, her emotional response, is an immediate yes - he's Jason. He was Robin. She owes him that.
But she knows better than to lead with her heart.
"I do so far. He - was honest with me, when we met." When they met again, when he seemed like a different person and yet...wasn't, not at all. "Told me things he didn't have to."
Not everything, she knows that, but enough to let her decide for herself. And she had.
"He's ruthless, and he makes no apologies for it. But sometimes...sometimes you need to be." She'd held back so often, taken the "higher" road (her father's road, that Bat's road) at the slightest opportunity, but she can't afford to do that here.
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But she knows better than to lead with her heart.
"I do so far. He - was honest with me, when we met." When they met again, when he seemed like a different person and yet...wasn't, not at all. "Told me things he didn't have to."
Not everything, she knows that, but enough to let her decide for herself. And she had.
"He's ruthless, and he makes no apologies for it. But sometimes...sometimes you need to be." She'd held back so often, taken the "higher" road (her father's road, that Bat's road) at the slightest opportunity, but she can't afford to do that here.