It had taken Jason a long time to warm up to any sort of physical contact from his new family. He still tended to shy away from it, but today was an exception. He was so glad to see Dick. It was just as good as seeing Bruce or Alfred. Better, because he so rarely saw his big brother, with all the fights that Dick and Bruce tended to get into.
"I'm fine," he reassured Dick, though his hand went automatically to hold Ace's collar for extra comfort. "I've holed up in worse places. But I don't get what's going on. Why isn't Bruce coming? Even if it's not a Batman thing, wouldn't the JLA tell him we're in trouble?"