Woodstock's indefatigable good humor is a high note.
The rest of it, though.
"I don't know how to answer that."
Because he hasn't thought about it before, and now that he is, there's a lot to sift through. He wishes there wasn't. More damning, in his own mind, is the fact that his brain had skittered to certain old dreams, when the ones about Superman began. But he'd set them aside, unable to draw a correlation. Now it's there in an increasingly un-shadowy corner, nagging at him.
Bruce's knee presses against him. Maybe footsie-ing away tension would help. (No.)
"One I had for a long time, was..." ugh, man. He feels stupid. He watches Clark a little, then lets his gaze wander, absent, observing the bird traversing its way around broad shoulders. "The cave system under the house had all these little sinkhole entrances, and of course I fell in one. Disturbed a bunch of bats. I had dreams for ages after about them flying me back up out of it, into the light, where everything was better. I suppose I thought of it, later." Bruce glances at him. For Batman. "But there's nothing groundbreaking about a kid dreaming about escaping a scary hole in the ground full of spooky animals."
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The rest of it, though.
"I don't know how to answer that."
Because he hasn't thought about it before, and now that he is, there's a lot to sift through. He wishes there wasn't. More damning, in his own mind, is the fact that his brain had skittered to certain old dreams, when the ones about Superman began. But he'd set them aside, unable to draw a correlation. Now it's there in an increasingly un-shadowy corner, nagging at him.
Bruce's knee presses against him. Maybe footsie-ing away tension would help. (No.)
"One I had for a long time, was..." ugh, man. He feels stupid. He watches Clark a little, then lets his gaze wander, absent, observing the bird traversing its way around broad shoulders. "The cave system under the house had all these little sinkhole entrances, and of course I fell in one. Disturbed a bunch of bats. I had dreams for ages after about them flying me back up out of it, into the light, where everything was better. I suppose I thought of it, later." Bruce glances at him. For Batman. "But there's nothing groundbreaking about a kid dreaming about escaping a scary hole in the ground full of spooky animals."