He blinks, and pauses to think about it for just a second, but the answer is absolutely certain. "He's my best friend, Bruce. If there's anyone I'd want to be around me right now more than him, it'd be Alfred." Best friend, indeed.
That's where he turns a little more subdued. "But that doesn't mean I want him to have to see me - when I'm this messed up, no." There's a sense that he's being protective of Conner, strangely enough. He doesn't like reminding his meta friend that he's breakable and simply human, not in such visceral ways, and it would further mean exposing him to elements that are very much Bat rather than Super.
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He blinks, and pauses to think about it for just a second, but the answer is absolutely certain. "He's my best friend, Bruce. If there's anyone I'd want to be around me right now more than him, it'd be Alfred." Best friend, indeed.
That's where he turns a little more subdued. "But that doesn't mean I want him to have to see me - when I'm this messed up, no." There's a sense that he's being protective of Conner, strangely enough. He doesn't like reminding his meta friend that he's breakable and simply human, not in such visceral ways, and it would further mean exposing him to elements that are very much Bat rather than Super.