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[fingerstripes]

Yeah. He mentioned that. [ With an effort he schools away his worried frown, trading for a small, almost sheepish grin. ]

...Sorry. It's gotta be a little strange to hear about this stuff.

[contacts]

It is, but I'd rather know than be in the dark about it.

[ she'll always prefer being informed, even if it's uncomfortable at times. ]

What about me, in your world?

[fingerstripes]

[ He can't really imagine not feeling the same way if their positions were reversed.

And for a moment he wavers. Truth be told, he doesn't have much more than driver's license facts when it comes to Lois personally. But a lot of what he does know has to do with Clark. It doesn't seem fair to start putting that into context for her when he doesn't really even know what the status of their relationship is here. If it's a complicating factor they're working out on their own. Would it change anything if she knew they were married in another world?

He kicks himself a little belatedly now for not just asking Clark the delicate question ahead of time. ]

She won a Pulitzer last year. For a really outstanding op ed on meta human relations.

[ a definite pause. He runs an awkward hand through his hair. ]

Do you... do you want to know more than that?

About you and Clark?

[contacts]

I won a Pulitzer, but not for that article. Was it her first?

[ but he continues, and lois' lips press together, first in consideration and then to hide a smile. ] So there's a Clark and me.

[ that's already telling. but - ] I don't want to hear about that. [ not yet. she wants to see where this thing with clark leads, first. ]

[fingerstripes]

Fair enough. [ it's the answer he was hoping for, and in a way he admires her all the more for it. It only seems fair, when he hasn't told Clark a thing. ]

And yeah, she's won a few now.

...I was reading her column before I ever thought of putting on a mask.

[ Granted at eight years old he'd been more interested in cutting out the blurry pictures of Superman to paste into his scrapbook, but still. Lois is a presence. ]

[contacts]

A few, huh?

[ that gets a smile from lois, something pleased, a little proud. it's good to know that no matter what the universe and no matter what else goes on, she stays true to herself and her work. it means a lot to her. ]

So when did you put on a mask? How did that happen? [ of course she's going to ask questions. this isn't an interview and it certainly isn't an interrogation, but lois is still lois. ]

[fingerstripes]

[ He's a little easier with the question now, which is probably some combination of the Lois Effect and a little real relief at having the toughest question settled already. ]

...I started when I was a kid. I was about nine, I guess?

I kind of made a few friends in high places when I lost my parents. [ Really he means just one friend in a high place. He hesitated a moment longer. ]

He was interested in helping me bring the murderer to justice.

He goes by Batman. [ He is absolutely watching her face for a reaction. ]

[contacts]

That's very young.

[ lois would ask what kind of world he lives in that a child ends up fighting crime, but she knows better. it could happen in hers, too. she's seen too much of the dark underbelly of the world not to know that it could. ]

I'm sorry for your loss. [ even if it was years ago; that kind of wound doesn't ever really heal, does it?

after a moment, she adds: ] I've heard of someone go by that name in Gotham. [ she's never met the bat of gotham, though. ]

[fingerstripes]

Yeah? [ He's surprised, by the unexpectedly kind words and by the fact that she knows the name. Absurdly, it gives him a little hope for their friendship. Bruce will never admit it, but Dick knows how much it means to him. He knows what it would mean to this Clark, to not have to face the horrors of his own world alone indefinitely. ]

That's- I'm glad. [ He runs an awkward hand through his hair, a little embarrassed by how relieved he is. ]

In my world they hit it off, once they got to know each other. Be nice if they could again.

[contacts]

[ lois is a hardass and she can go up against the worst criminals without losing her cool, but she's not without empathy. her own relationship with her parents might not be the best, but she knows family means a lot to many people, some more than others. and to lose his parents at such a young age can't have been easy.

to turn into a vigilante after is probably just proof of that. ] I don't think they've met, so far. But I think it would be good if he had more people doing similar things.