"The Bat-signal calls," Lili added as he checked his phone. She finished her cup of coffee, but continued to roll the to-go cup in between the fingers of her hands. She was the perfect subject for a fidget spinner, always needing something to keep her hands busy in order to feel less awkward.
She turned her eyes back up to Merrit when he mentioned his assistant and chuckled. "Alfred expecting you home soon, Master Bruce?" She'd always been such a nerdy child. It made sense that those old comic characters would sit well with her. They were all about being something greater than you were, so she felt. They drew her out of her mediocrity and into something that made her more special. She supposed that was what hacking had done to her. "I'd hate to keep you from saving New Dublin. Would that make me a villain?" Again, she asked with such a tone of sincere interest. You might call that a dry sense of humor.