[voice | Robin]

[pixieboots]

[ The silence in the background is full and steady, which makes the fast, uneven breathing behind the tablet a little more out of place than it might have been. ]

My friend, he- Jericho. [ a huffed breath out. ]

They- it wasn’t even an accident. He didn’t have a pulse when I... when I got here. [ not a certainty, the accident part. but a guess. a good guess his head's rushing to already, but he's too upset, too angry to think it through right now. ]

I don’t know how long it’s been but you- you could tell that with the right equipment. With the fractures and the head trauma that’s- that’s a lot of- [ work to do is what he doesn’t say.

no he won’t say that. ]

Whatever it takes, I’ll- whatever the white coats use to bring people back, we’ve gotta use that. There has to be a way, there just...

There has to be.

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[pixieboots]

i just don't want to let him down again.

they couldn't bring that other guy back.

[whatsupcroc]

You won't. You absolutely aren't letting him down, you're right there, you're doing more than most people can, and he'll know that.

They couldn't bring Adam back for different reasons. Don't do this to yourself. Trust me, I've been there, I know.

[pixieboots]

i didn't even know he was missing.

i'm supposed to be his friend. we're supposed to be teammates.

[ in another universe, another place, with another Robin. it doesn't really seem to make a difference now. ]

[whatsupcroc]

And you are. You're there with him now! It matters, trust me, it matters.

[pixieboots]

only if they bring him back.

[whatsupcroc]

He's not Adam. He'll be back. He wasn't exploded into a million tiny pieces by United Earth technology, they'll bring him back.

[pixieboots]

if they do one thing right it has to be this. it never should've happened like this.

[whatsupcroc]

It never should! And it has and you have a way out and he has a way out and he has a second chance, be there for him when he wakes up and give him the hug he'll need, okay? A big one, real tight and happy.