Re: Wayne Manor: destiny/steph.
I really fucking hope I don't blow up the city again. Those weren't my greatest moments in life, y'know. [And of course he knows, even if that wasn't in this Gotham, even if that was so very many years ago for her. She watches him for another moment, and then she glares. Playfully.] Oh yeah, different ways? Like what? [Poke and prod before she draws quiet. She's aware it isn't a competition, but like much in the family, it gets a little twisted. And, maybe she isn't as aware of all of that as she should be. She mentally tells herself to try to keep an eye on everyone's -- everyone's -- tendency to implode.]
Well, that's good, seeing as you can't keep up with your own telenovelas, and I'm not letting you take up my DVR space. [A grin, then, blue eyes bright and teasing until she snorts quietly when he catches the second kernel, a quiet show off attaching to the affectionate turn of her mouth. It slides away slowly, something a little more serious.] I know. [Her voice goes quiet, almost dark, and that time? Where mob war destroyed the city because of her? It isn't something she likes to think about.]
I got my comeuppance for that, don't worry. [Her stomach lurches momentarily as she thinks about just that -- the cold metal of a gun to her forehead, her arms aching from hanging off a chain, the sickly sweet voice of a man who assaulted her for days on end -- and the frown has her ducking her head for a moment, a spill of blonde hair hiding her face (to no avail anyway -- she is vaguely aware he can't see her face, after all). Clearing her throat, she speaks to the counter, letting that fistful of popcorn spill over the expensive marble before she can drop it on the floor.] We have to get better at working for it again. I know we do. And I know that's my job now, I'm one of the oldest, Bruce trusts me the most, I know. [A shaky sigh, and she presses the heel of the non-oil slicked hand into her eye.] I gotta talk to the boys. I'm meeting Bruce. I have to talk to Helena, too. I know it's up to me to keep this family together. I know that.