( The thing is... he doesn't inhale. Having slipped so far into the darkness that surrounds him, he lets himself sink until he hits the bottom of that darkness and there's nothing but empty hollowness to be found. No Batman, no Bruce. Nothing. No one. And in that nothingness, he lets go of the very last things he holds to. The faces of those he cares about and he lets himself go in that moment. The thought that the people he knows and cares about would be better off without him in their life.
That Jason here would be better off if they never met that first time.
Except he does inhale when Jason presses that mask over him. Seeing himself slip away into the darkness in a more permanent sort of way had only been in his head as a result of the toxin. That fear of losing the people he cares about... of drowning in the darkness that he himself tries to be.
He hadn't slipped away. Hadn't left Jason there in a panic and not knowing what to do - what to feel in finally being free of Bruce forever. Just in his head he had. Right up until he tastes that chemical Jason pumps into his lungs.
Eyes flutter open and it takes him a moment to realize that he's awake - that he hadn't drowned in the darkness and when he does, he sees Jason there and he stares to him, blinking slowly, until he turns away from both the other and the mask and coughs over the side of the cot. )
Where are we? What happened? ( More importantly: ) Where's Crane?
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That Jason here would be better off if they never met that first time.
Except he does inhale when Jason presses that mask over him. Seeing himself slip away into the darkness in a more permanent sort of way had only been in his head as a result of the toxin. That fear of losing the people he cares about... of drowning in the darkness that he himself tries to be.
He hadn't slipped away. Hadn't left Jason there in a panic and not knowing what to do - what to feel in finally being free of Bruce forever. Just in his head he had. Right up until he tastes that chemical Jason pumps into his lungs.
Eyes flutter open and it takes him a moment to realize that he's awake - that he hadn't drowned in the darkness and when he does, he sees Jason there and he stares to him, blinking slowly, until he turns away from both the other and the mask and coughs over the side of the cot. )
Where are we? What happened? ( More importantly: ) Where's Crane?