It's... fine. It- [ It's patently a lie, and it's one he suddenly doesn't have the stomach for. ]

...It sucks. It really-

The kids are fine, it's not that. But Jon needs his father, and there's just not a lot I can do about that now.

[ This place has taken Jon's parents from him twice over. And however much he might love Damian, he's never sure he's doing right by him at all.

He's not the Dick Grayson they need.

He's also sure that's not at all what Jason needed to hear from him just now. He's the oldest. He avoids his gaze for a moment, ashamed. ]