[Cissie doesn't say anything at first. She doesn't know what else to say, watching their faces, but eventually she has to reach up to wipe away tears so she can see. She drops her gaze and takes a shaky breath.
The silence gets to her, it feels like it's pressing in, closing in on her, so she just starts talking again, at a loss as to what else to do.]
It was all over the news. That's how I... [No. Nope. Not going there now.] They had two funerals for you, but they were both private, so I couldn't... [Okay, no, she can't go there either. She takes another deep, bracing breath.]
But you are back now. And so is Bart. [It doesn't really occur to her what she's just said, since she's just talking to fill the silence now. She turns to Tim.] Tim, you went away for a year, with Batman and Nightwing. Bruce Wayne adopted you when you came back.
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The silence gets to her, it feels like it's pressing in, closing in on her, so she just starts talking again, at a loss as to what else to do.]
It was all over the news. That's how I... [No. Nope. Not going there now.] They had two funerals for you, but they were both private, so I couldn't... [Okay, no, she can't go there either. She takes another deep, bracing breath.]
But you are back now. And so is Bart. [It doesn't really occur to her what she's just said, since she's just talking to fill the silence now. She turns to Tim.] Tim, you went away for a year, with Batman and Nightwing. Bruce Wayne adopted you when you came back.