There is a brief eyebrow raise before the addendum. Why... why is he like this. She doesn't know. Boys are just... kinda weird, sometimes. She doesn't get it. Her lips purse a little, isn't going to comment on it. Even Tim Drake is deserving of a little grace.
Besides, there's something else— he visibly perks up a little, interested. He struggles through it, maybe he doesn't know (why doesn't he know what he likes?) but—
"You like photography?" Fixing? Like fixing cameras? Photography? She's lost in the thought. Milton, as much as she still dislikes the idea of raiding through people's homes, is pretty limited on technology. But like... if she found a walkman here, then, like— what if there might be something like a polaroid camera here? Like Max's.
She could try to find him one. Or ask someone she knows if they've ever found one. And if it's all busted then that'd be okay because he could try to fix it—
She's smiling to herself as she thinks. Yeah, that could totally work.
Something about dishes, see you around. Kate snaps out of her thoughts.
"Wait—" she reaches for him, tries to grab his hand — his non-injured arm. And then she abruptly freezes, realising — she's just went to grab his hand.
And she just... stands there for a long moment, awkward. Eyes wide and she has to look down, away.
"I... I hope Lieutenant Little wasn't too hard on you." it's sincerely said, even if she can't look up again. Her mouth twists to the side briefly. No, she didn't forget the... promise of him having words with Tim after all was said and done.
"He's worried." she says quietly. Worried about her, and she knows he has every right to be, as much as she feels guilt for that. He has enough on his plate without worrying about her. But he is a good man who's worried for her. "He— he helped me through something. And it was— it was messed up."
She's messed up.
"The kind of thing that doesn't just... go away just because someone helps you through it." If that... makes sense. Something she knows is going to keep the Lieutenant worrying about her. She exhales tightly.
"He's seen the worst— knows the worst." Probably freaked out, or something. Thinking she was gonna have a sequel to the cliffs of Milton Basin.
cw: suicide attempt mention
Besides, there's something else— he visibly perks up a little, interested. He struggles through it, maybe he doesn't know (why doesn't he know what he likes?) but—
"You like photography?" Fixing? Like fixing cameras? Photography? She's lost in the thought. Milton, as much as she still dislikes the idea of raiding through people's homes, is pretty limited on technology. But like... if she found a walkman here, then, like— what if there might be something like a polaroid camera here? Like Max's.
She could try to find him one. Or ask someone she knows if they've ever found one. And if it's all busted then that'd be okay because he could try to fix it—
She's smiling to herself as she thinks. Yeah, that could totally work.
Something about dishes, see you around. Kate snaps out of her thoughts.
"Wait—" she reaches for him, tries to grab his hand — his non-injured arm. And then she abruptly freezes, realising — she's just went to grab his hand.
And she just... stands there for a long moment, awkward. Eyes wide and she has to look down, away.
"I... I hope Lieutenant Little wasn't too hard on you." it's sincerely said, even if she can't look up again. Her mouth twists to the side briefly. No, she didn't forget the... promise of him having words with Tim after all was said and done.
"He's worried." she says quietly. Worried about her, and she knows he has every right to be, as much as she feels guilt for that. He has enough on his plate without worrying about her. But he is a good man who's worried for her. "He— he helped me through something. And it was— it was messed up."
She's messed up.
"The kind of thing that doesn't just... go away just because someone helps you through it." If that... makes sense. Something she knows is going to keep the Lieutenant worrying about her. She exhales tightly.
"He's seen the worst— knows the worst." Probably freaked out, or something. Thinking she was gonna have a sequel to the cliffs of Milton Basin.