I was different in that I grew. My mother molded me from clay, as a child, and the whole island watched me prosper. I suppose they'd be better to ask about how I changed.
( that makes her smile, faint but hard to miss all the same. Bruce might have to work harder to win over some of the other amazons, but she believes he can do it. and that he will, given the opportunity. )
Strong. Powerful. Unwielding and stubborn. Perhaps to her detriment, on occasion. Just, she always put her people first.
( her tone is tinged a little bittersweet. so many of the qualities she'd admired in her mother, have less shine once their beliefs had been conflicting. )
( that's absolutely playful sarcasm, Bruce. I wonder where she learned that from. she's more serious about the idea of returning home. )
I miss my family, my sisters. Yet every day I spend away from them, I come to realize I am cut from a different cloth. I would not be able to return to the girl I was, not anymore.
Do you think they might come out of hiding someday?
[ It's a more personal question than he's asked — the others are all to assess what kind of place Themyscira is. Out of all their number only Diana came into the world — if she returns there, it would be to see her mother and sisters. Never permanently, she can't turn away from a world that needs her. ]
[ But the others, maybe in a few hundred years. Maybe. They might join her. She's as capable of drawing the best out of others as Clark is. ]
There is a man here that claims my mother one day leaves Themyscira.
( hard for Diana to comprehend, when it'd been suggested. now... )
My mother has fought for our freedom already, a hard battle won. She has found that freedom, and will fight to protect it. If that required leaving, she would.
( Hippolyta would no longer fight for men. for her people, though, she would always fight. )
[ If they were at home, he might have wondered if the Amazons wished to join hands to protect the world. But — false hope. Most of it looked like that. ]
You and I were trying to bring people together, before I woke up here.
[ He sighs quietly. ]
Strange to think we don't yet know if it worked. I would have hoped.
( they would fight to protect Themyscira, but beyond that... no such luck. a fact that would disappoint her as much as her mother's refusal to fulfill their duty had. )
I have never known you to give up, Bruce. Neither do I.
( she thinks that if they tried, then they'd keep trying. and if they had each other, that counted as together, whether he wanted to qualify it as such or not. )
[ Some things are above his pay grade. Determination and will cannot make choices for others. He can leverage anyone he likes — but Bruce doesn't believe in those tactics. A team that resents each other will never function effectively. And — it's not what Clark would do. ]
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[ Playful with her, always. His tone turns serious when hers does. ]
Was it the same for all of your sisters?
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( she frowns, slightly thoughtful. )
I was different in that I grew. My mother molded me from clay, as a child, and the whole island watched me prosper. I suppose they'd be better to ask about how I changed.
( too bad they are all in stasis... )
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[ He considers a joke about how it's past time he met her mother, but it'd be lost on her. ]
What's your mother like?
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Strong. Powerful. Unwielding and stubborn. Perhaps to her detriment, on occasion. Just, she always put her people first.
( her tone is tinged a little bittersweet. so many of the qualities she'd admired in her mother, have less shine once their beliefs had been conflicting. )
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I think we'll get along.
[ He's counting down the seconds until she throws him out of a window lbr here. Rightly, there's not a lot that'd endear him to Hippolyta. ]
Would you go back to Themyscira, if you could?
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( that's absolutely playful sarcasm, Bruce. I wonder where she learned that from. she's more serious about the idea of returning home. )
I miss my family, my sisters. Yet every day I spend away from them, I come to realize I am cut from a different cloth. I would not be able to return to the girl I was, not anymore.
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[ It's a more personal question than he's asked — the others are all to assess what kind of place Themyscira is. Out of all their number only Diana came into the world — if she returns there, it would be to see her mother and sisters. Never permanently, she can't turn away from a world that needs her. ]
[ But the others, maybe in a few hundred years. Maybe. They might join her. She's as capable of drawing the best out of others as Clark is. ]
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( hard for Diana to comprehend, when it'd been suggested. now... )
My mother has fought for our freedom already, a hard battle won. She has found that freedom, and will fight to protect it. If that required leaving, she would.
( Hippolyta would no longer fight for men. for her people, though, she would always fight. )
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You and I were trying to bring people together, before I woke up here.
[ He sighs quietly. ]
Strange to think we don't yet know if it worked. I would have hoped.
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I have never known you to give up, Bruce. Neither do I.
( she thinks that if they tried, then they'd keep trying. and if they had each other, that counted as together, whether he wanted to qualify it as such or not. )
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We'll see how it turns out.
[ Whatever happens, he's glad he has her. ]
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( practice makes perfect, so they say. )
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[ He knows she'll like Ana instantly. ]
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( Jon. her amazons in training. Majima...... yeah she's got a yakuza friend, it's fine )
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( some might be better in person... some she might just send your way, Bruce. )
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[ There's a pause his end, just to smile. ]
I'll let you get back to what you were doing. Take care, Diana.
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( what kinda amazon would she be if she slacked off on her training? idk, probably the exact same kind, but shh )
Fare well, my friend.
( she's got more training to get to! )