Dick, of course, had no idea that Lex Luthor was dead. He wouldn't exactly mourn the man though.
"Out of necessity, yeah." He nodded. Conner was right in the fact that Bruce - or Batman rather - wasn't great at team playing. "When aliens or supernatural things stat happening, it helps to know your own alien or Amazonian to help out. I think it took Bruce a while to admit he needed the help though. But it's how I met Donna - she was Diana's ward." Dick never enjoyed the word 'sidekick' so he refused to say it if he could manage it.
At the question about his house, he shrugged a little. "I got tired of living in an apartment." Plus he really had wanted his own training space. The apartment complex would probably have looked down on Dick renovating the place.
He turned his head and offered Conner a smile. His usual small, but sincere one. "I'm glad I could be here too for you. Barbara's here too. I know you didn't get to know her so well, but she's one of the good ones too." And they were dating, but he wasn't about to say that right now