Okay. But you have to mean it, and it can't be a get out of jail free card. You and Jason like to insist you don't need help or don't want to talk, and then let things fester and blow up a month later. It would be nice if you showed you cared about me a little more, too. Half the time I'm allowed to touch you and half the time I'm not, and you never even really ask me how I'm doing.
[He's getting blunt Kate now, since she's decided sincere Kate doesn't seem to work.]
I was raised by assassins. If I showed weakness then punishment would follow and that could be lethal. My mother's idea of coddling was taking care to avoid arteries when training, and she wasn't a fan of coddling. When I'm worked up fight or flight takes over. I've thrown people through walls for startling me. The powers make it worse.
I'm sorry, Damian. I know it's hard to talk about, but it helps when you tell me things like this. I don't feel so in the dark, and I don't have to guess at what you need.
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And if I don't want to talk anymore, I tell you.
[ . . . ]
And I tell you why.
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You and Jason like to insist you don't need help or don't want to talk, and then let things fester and blow up a month later.
It would be nice if you showed you cared about me a little more, too.
Half the time I'm allowed to touch you and half the time I'm not, and you never even really ask me how I'm doing.
[He's getting blunt Kate now, since she's decided sincere Kate doesn't seem to work.]
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[ don't be snippy, asshole. that's what got you in this miss. ]
I'm sorry. Words aren't my strong suit.
I'll try harder.
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I just don't like people touching me when I get worked up.
For their safety and mine.
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[ he almost leaves it at that. ]
It's always been like that.
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My mother's idea of coddling was taking care to avoid arteries when training, and she wasn't a fan of coddling.
When I'm worked up fight or flight takes over. I've thrown people through walls for startling me.
The powers make it worse.
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I know it's hard to talk about, but it helps when you tell me things like this. I don't feel so in the dark, and I don't have to guess at what you need.