Re: Wayne Manor: destiny/steph.
[She huffs, rolling her eyes in that uppity sort of way that actually probably drive people insane, not endears her to them. Of course she gets it, Of course she does. Her lip upturns into an almost sneer, and it's the most irritated and aggressive she's been towards him in a long while, maybe since when she first found out who (or what, technically) he is. Another roll of her eyes, and fingers dig into the pale flesh of her forearms, skin scattered with fading scars from injuries years old.] Are we going to go into the patriarchal nature of these boys? [A tease, even underneath all that irritation. Because they both know that those boys sometimes needed a leader. And of course, that leader is Bruce. But this Bruce? Isn't doing a good job of it either. And yes, Helena is deliberately left off that. Steph believes that the girls have always been better, at least here, at doing their own thing for the city, even much to their own detriment.] Maybe they finally grew out of the need to have a general? But I know when we first got here, they wanted a Bruce that would treat them like soldiers. That? Will never be this Bruce.
[A shrug, and her arms uncoil a little to let her hands rest on her hips.] I thought I've done a pretty good job of being there for them. But clearly you think otherwise, don't you? [Accusatory, and there's that huff, that lean against the counter and no desire to get closer. Her physicality always gives away more than her words. Proximity to someone, the way she reaches out to them, the way she closes herself off. And right now? She's cranky. Maybe unrightfully so, but there it is.]
No, I don't decide, but I'd rather keep them from harm. I'd like to think they'd do the same for me. Having the family together, isn't that part of it? Having a support system in place instead of...whatever this fucked up mess is? [She waves at the room at large. Jason leaving, Helena almost getting killed again, Bruce shutting down. How else is she supposed to help?]