Roy's Favorite TV Show Is Now Special Agent Oso (redarrows) wrote in newalliance,
Roy frowned when Mia said that she had something she had to talk about - something that she had to talk about to him and Dinah. Honestly he didn't know what to expect, and as Mia started to talk, he moved a bit away from the cheering Lian to a slightly quieter part of the apartment.
Mia said her bit, and then Dinah weighed in (and man, she sounded hoarse, and Roy winced when she talked / wheezed.) so then he figured it was his turn.
"I don't know everyone." Okay maybe a he knew a few people, but that was what happened when you did this for a while. He sort of wished that she hadn't mentioned names, it was easier to lie at work when he could say that he there was someone out there with a codename of something or other, but nope he didn't know a civilian name to go with that person.
But that was a SHIELD issue, and thinking of SHIELD... well Roy couldn't really say no to Mia's request. He didn't want to - but even if he had wanted to he couldn't have without being a hypocrite. He hadn't checked with Ollie before he went and joined up with SHIELD (that would have ... defeated the point), and he didn't even do anything lately to hide the fact that Roy Harper was a SHIELD agent codenamed Arsenal.
As far as Mia wanting to tell her friend ... man he couldn't imagine not having had Dick as a pal during his teenage sidekick career. And yeah, she had Bart - but like she said this girl was her best friend.
"She's good people right? And sounds like she can keep a secret since you didn't know she was up to this. So I don't mind."