Re: gotham u: steph/selina
[The last time Selina had walked these concrete paths? Was when she was a much younger kitten. She'd been going to see the baby bird, and she'd disrupted his class and made him chase her into the hallway. Even with everything that came after, with all the hate that had taken root beneath the little Talon's wing? It was a good memory, and she let herself remember for just a second. Maybe it was all the talk of wishes, or maybe it was the feeling of things slipping between her fingers, and she had no way to do anything to stop it; whatever the reason, she let the memory stay until the little blonde spoke again.]
Not that I know of, but I don't know anything about what the little bats are up to. [And for once, for once, she wasn't exaggerating. No purr, no lies, and with Eddie gone? She'd fallen out of that loop so quickly that it made it very clear who had been keeping her in that little winged family to begin with. But the little girl at her side talked about Bruce like he wasn't the Bat, and Selina just chuckled in the end.] I'm a bad guy who's willing to look bad, and you're still talking to me, aren't you?
[But, yes, Eddie back home was brutal, and Selina's steps slowed as the building drew near. Slow, slow, slow, stop.] So, what is it you do now, Stephanie?
[Oh, she shouldn't care, and every day that went by? She was developing her own little agenda more and more and more. But she cared for the little girl beside her - young or old, angry or not - and she was curious. If there wasn't a family of bats in Stephanie's future, then what was there?] I promise not to kidnap you and lock you in a safe, if you tell me. [She pretended to consider.] Well, unless I absolutely need to.