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[supersweet]

If someone takes control of you, does that mean that there's something bad in you all along?

How do you get rid of it?

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[supersweet]

Then I'll just . . . wait it out.

[ He's not keen on this, but what else is there? ]

[bestrobin]

It helps if you keep busy.

( He can hit Jon hard enough and hope he loses his memory? )

[supersweet]

My powers aren't working properly. At least I can fly now though.

[bestrobin]

There are other ways to keep busy besides using your powers, idiot.

( A pause. )

You can fly?

[supersweet]

Yeah. I guess the whole experience unlocked my power.

[ He knows that pause. ]

You're not allowed to throw me off a building to test it out, Damian.

[bestrobin]

Huh. We'll have to test them out.

( Who said anything about pushing him off a building? )

Why? Scared your powers won't work?

[supersweet]

My powers don't' work. I just told you that.

[bestrobin]

​Are you sure you're really a Kryptonian?​

[supersweet]

I'm half. And it's not even all me, it's the psychic backlash from removing Manchester Black from my brain.

[bestrobin]

​So let's take care of it.​

[supersweet]

Take care of it how?

Do you actually have a plan or are you making this up as you go?

[bestrobin]

​Do you want help or do you want to be useless?

[supersweet]

[ Jon bristles but it's a hard call. Being useless means no one else can take advantage of him like that. ]

I . . . just don't know if it's a good idea for me to get my powers back so soon.

[bestrobin]

( Being useless means you're useless. )

Make up your mind. You either want them back to be the Superboy your are or you want to abandon them to be a nobody.

[supersweet]

. . . Maybe being a nobody means I don't hurt the people I care about.

[bestrobin]

Jon.

( Damian sighed, forcing himself not to say anything further for a couple of minutes. Everything he wanted to say was sure to make whatever Jon was feeling worse. And he was... trying to be supportive. )

Everything will be okay.

( Best he's got here. )

[supersweet]

[ Jon sniffs, wiping his face once more. ]

Yeah . . . 'Course.

[bestrobin]

I'm serious.

[supersweet]

[ Aww. Jon forces a watery smile. ]

Yeah, I know. I'll get better. My powers will come back too.

[bestrobin]

( He wants to hit you, Jon. )

I'm here to help, you know. With whatever you need.

[supersweet]

[ No, you don't. You have feeelingssss. ]

. . . Thanks, Damian.

[bestrobin]

​( No, he doesn't! His heart is made of stone!! )

What are you thanking me for?

[supersweet]

For trying. What else?

[bestrobin]

You're even more annoying than usual when you're moping.

( And you're his friend. )

[supersweet]

I wasn't moping.

[ Okay, he was, but just a little! ]