"Out," he says, but to Shira and the other employee, not Tim - who he's just going to.. cart along with him, yes, okay. Shira teeters ahead of them on her spindly heels, plainly entertained. (This shit is the norm, and it's not like her indestructible form and decades of combat training will ever land her in too much hot water in this place, but it's always nice when people she likes do sweethearted things.) She asks, "Do you want me to call Hasi?" and Bruce wrinkles his nose slightly. "She's not going to do anything besides give me crap for not paying one of your girls," he answers, talking over Tim like he's not there. And it's not true, anyway, but by now everyone knows who he usually comes to visit, and who to report gossip to. She'll hear anyway.
Shira lets them out one of the employee doors that takes them through a back hallway and out to the alley behind the building, and Bruce keeps quiet the entire time, aside from quietly saying goodnight to Shira, who twinkles her fingers at them before going back inside.
Bruce doesn't let go of Tim's elbow when they're out - he walks him along, steady. And silent.
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"Out," he says, but to Shira and the other employee, not Tim - who he's just going to.. cart along with him, yes, okay. Shira teeters ahead of them on her spindly heels, plainly entertained. (This shit is the norm, and it's not like her indestructible form and decades of combat training will ever land her in too much hot water in this place, but it's always nice when people she likes do sweethearted things.) She asks, "Do you want me to call Hasi?" and Bruce wrinkles his nose slightly. "She's not going to do anything besides give me crap for not paying one of your girls," he answers, talking over Tim like he's not there. And it's not true, anyway, but by now everyone knows who he usually comes to visit, and who to report gossip to. She'll hear anyway.
Shira lets them out one of the employee doors that takes them through a back hallway and out to the alley behind the building, and Bruce keeps quiet the entire time, aside from quietly saying goodnight to Shira, who twinkles her fingers at them before going back inside.
Bruce doesn't let go of Tim's elbow when they're out - he walks him along, steady. And silent.