[comprehensive] refuse to forgive color

Chapter24

Bruce pressed her under the tree, and held her face with his hands: "If you don't want to be missed, sweetheart, don't look over there."

After the initial daze, Thea obviously realized that the direction that someone walked out was the place where the ambiguous sound was heard just now.

Thea withdrew her gaze, and was obediently held in his arms by almost her whole body, with a suspicious tone: "So you are very experienced?"

"I've never done such a thing." The man's breath stained her earlobe along with his lowered voice—this made his voice at this moment sound a bit like every day The dark knight in the night, but what he said... "But you have to know, there are always some people who can't wait."

That's right, the banquet in the house was not over yet, so I sneaked out to the depths of the woods for a tryst, and it was still in the winter of December... I really can't wait.

Thea sighed.

The man who came out from the depths of the garden straightened his clothes while walking, and suddenly stopped when he saw the figure beside the tree outside the banquet hall.He looked around, and saw that the tall man was pressing the girl in a large men's suit between the tree trunk and his arms, bowed his head and kissed. It seemed that the two were kissing passionately, as if no one was there.After confirming that no one noticed him, the man breathed a sigh of relief, walked around them from a distance, and quickly walked back into the hall.

Two minutes later, another person came out from the other side of the garden, bypassing the two of them and hurried back to the hall—it was a woman.

Bruce finally straightened up and let her go.

Thea subconsciously reached out and touched the corner of her lips—Bruce borrowed the seat just now, and the seemingly passionate kiss actually only fell here.

She paused, and instinctively wiped with the back of her index finger.

"I shouldn't be that annoying to you, am I?" Gotham's little prince immediately raised an aggrieved and injured protest, "At least this has saved you a lot of trouble."

Thea withdrew her hand and shrugged noncommittally.

"Okay," Bruce tried to change the subject, "want to know who that person was?"

"I don't want to." Thea shook her head without hesitation, her tone sounded full of resistance, "I think, I should continue to avoid more trouble."

In fact, she still saw a little out of the corner of her eye just now.It was nothing more than a married man and a married woman coming out to have an affair-to be honest, this was nothing new, but it was the first time she had encountered such a thing in person.Judging by Bruce's appearance, it is obvious that he has already seen it.

"You know, it's very common in this circle." Sure enough, Bruce looked accustomed to it, and finally reached out and touched her head, "Sorry, I shouldn't say this to a good girl."

Thea couldn't help frowning: "I don't like cheating and betrayal."

Bruce nodded "Oh", and for some reason suddenly raised his eyebrows and smiled: "So you don't like playboys like me?"

Thea knew she should nod at this moment - she really didn't like playboys.If Oliver hadn't been her elder brother, she thought that she might not have talked to the former young master Quinn at all.But...Thea raised her head and met Bruce's smiling eyes, and for some reason, the word "yes" suddenly became a little hard to say.

He is so handsome.

What's more, he's Batman!

"Actually..." Thea thought for a while, and finally sighed resignedly, "Bruce, I don't dislike you."

Bruce seemed a little surprised, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows again: "If you don't like it, that means you like me?"

I thought that according to the little princess's habit of choking him with words from time to time, she would nod without hesitation at this time.

"Bruce—" she called out his name in a drawn-out voice. For some reason, it sounded a little helpless and a little sighed.

Bruce looked down at her.

His outline was reflected in her eyes—just as the Dark Knight was always clearly reflected in the doctor's eyes every night when he looked up at Batman.

Her eyes are different from anyone else - they always seem to be focused and gentle, with a little girlish cunning.

No matter how ordinary Thea Quinn behaves during the day, it seems difficult to hide this.

He remembered that she once said that Batman made her see hope—it was really contradictory, a girl like her is the one with light and hope all over her body, and she would feel... a person full of darkness who can only give others hope. The stranger who brought her fear gave her hope.

"Let's go," Bruce stretched out his hand to gather her coat, and led her into the hall, "I'll take you back to New York."

……

After Bruce sent her back to her New York apartment, Thea nearly fell asleep in the warmth of the apartment, and it took her a while to finally convince herself to get off the sofa, change her clothes again, and face the heat of December. The night's cold wind came out of the door.

Tonight's Batman came a little later.

is not that right?First, we need to send her back to New York from Gotham, then return to Gotham Night Watch by himself, and finally rush to New York——Thea thought about his itinerary tonight, and felt a little guilty and guilty for no reason.

"It's a lot late today, let's eat something first." I don't know if it's out of guilt or guilty conscience, or because I still feel a little distressed, the midnight snack prepared by the doctor girl tonight is extraordinarily rich, and the pot is full of ingredients The seafood porridge made a special snack, and almost half of the table was set up in front of the knight.

He didn't eat anything at the banquet, let alone during the night watch.

Batman sitting at the table seemed a little surprised by the extraordinarily sumptuous supper tonight, and looked up at her.

"It's too late today," the doctor girl rubbed her eyes sleepily, but still gave him a gentle smile, "You eat a little first, and then do the treatment after eating. I'll go up."

Batman didn't speak - this seemed to have naturally become a tacit consensus between them. If he didn't speak, he agreed with her.

The relationship between the doctor and Batman obviously made her feel much more relaxed and natural than the relationship between Thea Quinn and Bruce Wayne.

The doctor girl waved at him, turned around and walked up the stairs unhurriedly alone.

The upstairs has been very quiet, without any movement—until the dark knight stood up from the table after finishing his supper, the entire clinic was still so quiet that breathing could be heard.

Batman thought about it for a while, then stood in front of the stairs on the first floor and looked up to see the upstairs—the figure of the doctor girl was not seen by the stairs.

"Doctor?" The knight rarely called out.

Still quiet, no one answered.

The knight only thought about it for a few seconds downstairs before lifting his feet up the stairs.

He quickly saw what he was looking for.

The doctor girl was nestling on the sofa in the lobby on the second floor, curled up into a ball, obviously asleep.Something seemed to have been dropped on the ground at her feet, and Batman stooped to pick it up—a pen and a collection of medical treatises, the pages densely packed with her own notes and annotations.

The Knight of Gotham put her books and pens on the coffee table beside her, and then looked down at the sleeping person—she looked extremely tired, even in her sleep, she had a tired face.

He thought of how she looked in a princess dress tonight—she should have been a little princess, instead of staying up every night to meet vigilantes with blood and wounds, and enduring criminals who didn't know when they would come. posed danger.

She was sitting on a single sofa, and she was curled up in a small space, making her look even more petite.

The knight was silent for a while, then looked in the direction of the third floor, then bent down expressionlessly, and carefully hugged the doctor girl.

She was so light to hold, it hardly caused any burden to him.

Perhaps because she felt that the uniform on his body was too cold, she avoided it a little uneasily.

Batman paused for a moment, and saw that the doctor girl had reached out and grabbed his cape naturally, and finally calmed down.

He took another step with the girl in his arms, and when he reached the stairs, he suddenly heard the door of the clinic downstairs being opened, followed by a series of unhurried footsteps.

Batman turned his head to meet the man who had just come up the stairs.

It was already midnight, but the other party was still wearing a pair of sunglasses, completely covering his eyes.

He had opened the door himself - Batman knew it almost immediately.

"Batman?" The other party seemed a little surprised, looked him up and down a few times, and then quickly fell on the person he was holding. Even though he was wearing glasses, he could still see his face at this moment. Clearly, "Is she asleep? Let me do it."

The man stretched out his hand and naturally hugged the doctor girl into his arms.

The turbulence seemed to wake her up a little, the girl squinted her eyes in a daze and looked at it for a while, and finally called out again vaguely: "Scott?"

"It's me," the man wearing sunglasses replied gently, "Go to sleep."

The doctor girl immediately closed her eyes obediently, as if sensing the familiar aura, she even reached out and hugged his neck, rubbed against his arms skillfully, and soon closed her eyes again with peace of mind .

The man wearing sunglasses carried her upstairs, took two steps and then turned around. He stood on the steps of the stairs and looked down at the hero in black uniform.

Batman looked at him blankly, nodded, then turned and went downstairs.

A few minutes later, the man wearing sunglasses returned to the first floor.

"Cyclops." Batman said in a tone of complete affirmation.

The captain of the X-Men showed a friendly smile: "She is always tired recently, I am worried, so come and have a look."

The Gotham knight looked at him in silence—his tone sounded like an elder who was worried about his child, but his words seemed to imply something.

He hadn't seen Cyclops before, but he was no stranger to him - the captain of the X-Men, after all, was one of the leaders that almost all mutants recognized, and he never ignored it.

Seeing that Batman didn't speak, Cyclops was not angry, but after a short pause, he continued: "Although she didn't mention it to me, I think she should treat you every day recently, right? "

Batman gets what he means: "So she's tired?"

"It's not that easy to heal old wounds." Cyclops obviously didn't want to explain much, he just gave a vague generalization, and then he added as if he suddenly thought of something, "especially when she always When I want to cure you in the shortest time."

Batman was silent for two seconds, turned around and walked towards the door: "I see."

When the last syllable dissipated in the air, the dark knight's cloak had also melted into the night.

Chapter25

On the second night, Thea ushered in Gotham's Dark Knight on time, and then...

"You mean," Thea looked at the man opposite with some surprise, "The nights in Gotham have been very uneven recently, so you won't come here in the future?"

Batman didn't speak, but Thea knew it meant yes.

But... as far as she knows, Gotham has been relatively peaceful recently. The person in front of her just sent the clown back to the Arkham Asylum a few days ago. Right now is a rare day of peace in Gotham.not to mention……

"You promised Diana, so you will still come?" Thea looked up at him, although this should be a question, but she still said it with affirmative tone, "Then you come from my brother every day." Tan came to New York, passed by the clinic for a look, and then went back right away? Maybe he still has injuries on his body and just refuses to come in to see the doctor?"

Batman didn't answer, but turned around on his own, and said in a deep voice, "I'm leaving."

Thea frowned slightly, watching the cloak behind his back gently raised with his footsteps, and suddenly seemed to think of something: "Last night, did you see Scott? Did he... What did I tell you?"

Batman paused.

Thea let out an "oh" in a daze, and couldn't help reaching out and pressing her forehead: "He must have told you again that treating you every day will make me very tired. It's not easy for me, and I need to rest... "

As she spoke, she looked at the knight opposite, and seeing that there was no denying in the other's expression, she immediately showed a clear expression: "I knew it!"

Although her tone sounded like she was complaining, when she listened closely, she was obviously approaching with a kind of coquettish intimacy.

Batman glanced at her and said flatly, "He's right."

Even though he doesn't have much information, this person can always make the fastest and most correct judgment—it only takes two or three sentences, and he can know from her reaction that everything Scott said is true. Is the truth.Thea couldn't help but sighed.

"It's just a little troublesome. How about this," the doctor girl tilted her head and thought for a while, and gave a new suggestion, "No need to treat every day, change it to once every two days? Or three days?"

Seeing that the hero on the opposite side did not object immediately, the doctor girl blinked slyly: "At least give me a chance to practice my ability?"

The Dark Knight was silent for a while, before finally speaking: "Three days."

The doctor girl frowned and smiled.

——Obviously she was helping him, and even had to bargain with him to discuss how to help, but she herself was as happy as if she had received some help.

Batman couldn't help thinking this way, but saw that the doctor girl had come to him at this time, and she held his hand naturally - when she touched his gauntlet, she seemed to finally realize something, and retracted the back of her hand When he got behind him, he said in a brisk tone, "It's still early today, do you mind taking off your gloves?"

He walked back to the chair he usually sat in and sat down, then took off his gloves.

The warm and soft hand of the doctor girl has covered her.

……

The winter break at Empire State University had started two weeks before Christmas, but Thea didn't return to Star City right away—the lab project was still not over.

Oliver has urged her several times, hoping that she would go home early, but, as far as she knows, Green Arrow has been very busy recently, even if she returns home, it may be difficult to see the busy man, Master Quinn .As for the mother... Thea was somewhat at a loss as to how to get along with her. Oliver was always away, so she simply continued to stay in New York with peace of mind.

When Batman came over that night, the doctor girl was sorting things out—there were many large and small gift boxes piled up in the living room, and each box was tied with a beautiful bow with a ribbon, and the doctor girl was trying to sort them into categories Put it away neatly, and didn't even bother to open the door in person.

——Most of the time, she always prefers to open the door to greet the heroes herself, rather than press a button and let the heroes face the empty entrance after the electronic door opens.

But today, when he entered the clinic, he finally saw a doctor girl wearing a mask and a white coat.

The girl squatting on the ground looked back at him, then turned back quickly, then found a small box among the pile of presents, and handed it to him.

Batman took it, but didn't open it.

"These are Christmas presents for everyone." The doctor girl was still squatting on the ground, and she had to raise her head to look at him—she seemed to feel that this posture was a bit hard, so she couldn't help reaching out and rubbing herself neck, and slightly bent his brows and eyes, "This is yours."

It was his first Christmas present, or should I say, Batman's first Christmas present.

Batman opened the Christmas present, only two reagents lay quietly in the palm-sized box.

He couldn't help but look down at her.

"The antidote is effective for most of the poisons. As for the poisons that can't be solved-at least it can relieve some." The doctor girl stood up as she spoke-she squatted on the ground for too long, and stood up for a while Only then did I realize that my legs were numb, and I staggered unexpectedly.

Then the next moment, the girl clutched her forehead and let out a low cry—she hit Gotham Knight's chest.

He was wearing heavy armor today, it was too hard and strong, and it hurt her so much.

The knight withdrew his hand that was holding her, hesitated for a moment, and finally rubbed her head gently.

The doctor girl has raised her head.

Probably because of the real pain, there was some moisture in her usually gentle eyes, but she still had her usual smile: "Although I gave this to you as a Christmas present, I still hope that you won't need it." When it is used."

Batman closed the lid.

"Tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I have to go home to spend Christmas and New Year. You don't need to come over. I'll see you after New Year." The doctor lady put down her hand rubbing her forehead and blinked her eyes. Give me a Christmas present?"

The Dark Knight was silent for two seconds, and said in a hoarse voice, "What do you want?"

Under the warm yellow light, the doctor girl's eyes are full of warmth and tenderness:

"Protect yourself and don't get hurt again."

There was a slight pause after she said the words, and she suddenly laughed again: "Well, I know it's impossible. But at least, don't get hurt again in the few days without a doctor."

"Merry Christmas, Batman."

……

The coming Christmas Eve has not brought any changes to the Batcave. Batman, who has taken off his uniform and helmet, is still obsessed with work.

Mr. Butler thoughtfully poured a cup of tea for Master Wayne, then watched as Master Wayne put the two antidotes into the bat belt, and Batman held the exquisite empty box in his hand and looked at it silently for a while, Put it on the table without any hassle.After a pause, he stretched out his hand and pushed the box to the side of the table, then withdrew his hand and began to check his equipment.

Alfred put the teacup in his hand.

"Ah Fu," Bruce called him, "you don't need to send Thea the invitation to the banquet in a few days."

The butler nodded: "As the object of your pursuit, of course you have to invite him personally."

"Everything to be investigated has been clarified," Master Wayne said in a low voice, "It's time for Bruce Wayne to get a new girlfriend."

Alfred nodded again: "While hiding Miss Doctor's gift box while pursuing other girls, this sounds very much in line with the character of a playboy."

"Afu—" Bruce's voice sounded a little familiar with headaches, "I just promised Diana would keep her safe."

"Wonder Woman didn't ask you to go every day." Mr. Butler looked more helpless than him, "To be honest, I think you seem to have gained a lot of weight recently."

Bruce... was speechless.

"I hope that at some point, I will have the opportunity to give Miss Doctor a taste of the cookies I made as a gift and thanks." The almighty butler has already started to think about the future, "Speaking of gifts, since I have accepted the Christmas gift from Miss Doctor, Then, as a courtesy, I hope you can give her what she wants in return."

The gift she wanted in return...

A few hours ago, under the light, the gentle eyes of the doctor girl seemed to be still in front of my eyes.

"Ah Fu," he paused, then whispered, "She doesn't like banquets."

"Of course." Mr. Housekeeper was stunned for a moment, and then showed a gratified smile. He didn't ask any more questions, just nodded and agreed, and turned to adjust other equipment.

Bruce's eyes fell on the exquisite gift box on the table and paused for two seconds, then he quickly lowered his head and focused on the work in hand.

Chapter26

Thea came home on Christmas Eve morning.

Although Oliver has not given up on the pursuit, and Thea even quietly asked Iron Man for help not long ago, there is still no news of the kidnapped Walter, which makes the atmosphere at home a bit dignified.Oliver insisted on holding a Christmas party to dispel this solemnity to some extent—just like when nothing happened before, every Christmas, the Quinn family would hold a banquet.

Oliver patted his chest and promised that he would manage the banquet properly, and of course his mother quickly nodded in agreement.The invitation had been sent out a few days ago, but... on Christmas Eve, Thea stood in the banquet hall and looked around.

It had only been a few minutes since the beginning, and Oliver had disappeared again.

Thea sighed with some headaches, but still had to smooth things over for her elder brother to the frowning mother who was looking for him: "Oli just told me that his friend was in a hurry and he had to rush over."

Mother looked a little skeptical.

However, Thea couldn't find any more reasonable reason to explain her brother leaving without saying goodbye on Christmas Eve.

The mother finally accepted the explanation. Although she was a little helpless, she was not too angry—everyone knew how unreliable Master Quinn was.

Thea accompanied her mother back home after the banquet. After confirming that her mother had fallen asleep, the brown-haired girl thought about it, opened the window and flipped out from the second floor with ease.

The factory that once belonged to the Quinn Group has long been abandoned. Oliver transformed the basement into the Green Arrow's base, and the Vuitton Bar above the base is the best cover for the Green Arrow.

Nightclubs are still brightly lit on Christmas Eve.

Thea went around to the back door, entered the password and successfully entered the world of Green Arrow.

There was no one at the base at this time, obviously they all went out to participate in the operation.Thea turned on the light, pulled a chair and sat down, took out her mobile phone and started chatting with her friends.

Quicksilver is complaining to her that Wanda and Vision have gotten too close lately.

"He must have bad intentions!" Kuaiyin's dissatisfaction almost pierced through the screen, "So I really hate purple!"

Thea couldn't help laughing: "Should I show this sentence to Magneto?"

"Thea! You have to touch your conscience and tell me!" The message from the boy was full of exclamation points, "Can you tell me that my dad's bright red and purple color scheme looks good? I mean, whether it is His room is still his clothes!"

Thea was silent for a moment.

"Look," Kuaiyin said with a sense of clarity, "Even you can't say it?"

What is "even" you can't say it, it sounds like she often speaks out of conscience... Thea raised her eyebrows and was about to reply when she heard the sound of the door lock turning from the basement door.

However, after the door was opened, the first thing she saw was not the green figure she expected - a red afterimage rushed in, and the gust of wind almost knocked her hair down. Let's make a fuss together.

Thea stretched out her hands to straighten her hair, and turned her head to look at the red figure who had already sat down on the chair on the other side.

The lightning logo on the chest is particularly conspicuous.

The person in the red uniform took off the hood, and then raised his head to meet a pair of unfamiliar eyes. It seemed that he had finally discovered that there were other people there, and he froze for a moment.

After taking off the hood, what was revealed was a facial features belonging to a youth—handsome and a little green, against the surprise and a little bewilderment on his face at this time, it even looked extremely cute.

"Barry..." Green Arrow who came in behind him called him in a deep voice.

"Uh, I didn't expect you to be here." The young man had already stood up, scratching his head in embarrassment, but still smiled shyly at the girl in front of him, "I know you are Thea, Oliver sister. Hello, I'm Barry Allen."

"Hello, Barry." Thea also smiled, but lowered her voice for the second half of the sentence to ensure that her brother who was still standing at the door would not hear, "Diana often mentions you."

Barry was obviously taken aback for a moment: "Is she talking about me or..."

"She said The Flash is very cute." The smile on Thea's face became sweeter, and she stuffed the biscuit she brought into the young man's hand, and winked at him, "This is supposed to bring For Ollie, but now I've changed my mind."

The hand-baked biscuits have a strong milk flavor, which is very attractive.

Barry thought of the little cake he had eaten.

The young man subconsciously took the biscuit and ate a piece—then Thea only saw a red afterimage flashing by, and there was only half of the biscuit in the bag in an instant.

"Uh..." The young hero who ate half a pack of biscuits felt a little embarrassed at this moment, smiled a little shyly, and explained in a low voice, "I consume a lot of energy when I run, so I always have to eat a lot of things."

Thea nodded understandingly.

Barry was visibly relieved.

Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity had already entered the basement, and Thea also prepared Christmas gifts for her brother's comrades in arms. After delivering the gifts, she received a warm hug from the blonde girl as a thank you.

The three members of the Green Arrow team have already begun to summarize and analyze the actions that did not achieve their goals tonight. Thea noticed that the Flash who was eating a biscuit seemed to be hesitant to speak.Taking advantage of no one's attention, Thea stepped back to his side, lowered her voice and asked him, "Barry, you seem to have something to say?"

Barry looked a little hesitant, but soon he asked, "Diana mentioned the Flash to you, so you know her..."

"I know." Thea blinked, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and made a Wonder Woman's signature move.

After getting the expected answer, Flash looked quite calm, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask again: "Then do you know about Batman..."

Thea smiled silently with her eyebrows bent, raised her index finger to her lips, and made a "shh-" gesture at him.

Flash's eyes widened in shock.

Thea looked at him amusedly, seeing that he mechanically stuffed herself with a few small biscuits, she almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

After a while, the evidence officer of the Zhongcheng Police Station finally regained his composure, and approached her with a biscuit bag in his arms to ask her, his voice was as low as a thief: "He actually told you?"

"I guess..." Thea raised her voice, "He probably doesn't know that I already know who he is."

It was like a tongue twister. It took Barry a while to sort out the pile of what he knew and what he didn't know, and then he became even more confused.

"It seems that he doesn't want me to know." Thea was a little helpless, and couldn't help but sighed slightly. "So, I think we should cooperate with the Dark Knight and Baby Bruce."

The young hero glanced at the brown-haired girl with a gentle smile, and couldn't help but eat another biscuit to suppress his shock.

Thea reached out and patted his shoulder to appease him. After thinking for a while, she found a pen and note paper, wrote a series of addresses, and handed it to the superhero who was still wearing a red uniform:

"I only brought small biscuits today. Next time you can come here to find me, you can eat whatever you want, and I will make it."

Barry recalled what Diana said before returning to Paradise Island, "She likes you, and you can eat whatever you want." He couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment, and then looked down at the address that the girl handed over.

It seemed a little familiar.

The location should be a...clinic in the suburbs of New York? !

"You are..." Flash felt that he had suffered too much shock tonight, and he was starting to doubt his life, "Doctor?"

Thea made another silent gesture: "I thought... it shouldn't be so hard to guess?"

"So, you guys meet with the doctor every night as Batman, and then go out on dates and go shopping together during the day as if nothing happened?" Barry no longer knew what expression he should put on at this moment.

"Actually, I don't mind telling him that I'm a doctor, just like I don't mind telling you." Seeing that Flash almost wrote the words "You rich people really know how to play" on his face, Xi Ya tried to defend herself, "Honestly, I suspect he might know who I am too—I didn't hide it too carefully, let alone,"

"He's Batman!" When the brown-haired girl said this, there was an inexplicable pride in her tone.

She had no doubt Batman could find anything if he wanted to.

"So, you're saying," Barry couldn't help but glance at her again, "it's more likely that you both know who the other person is, and then both pretend you don't know anything?"

One sentence almost made me dizzy, and the young man showed an unbelievable expression of "you rich people have a lot of drama".

The doctor girl smiled and said nothing.

"Oliver?" Diggle called Green Arrow, who hadn't spoken for a long time, but still didn't get his answer. He turned his head following his gaze, and saw the girl whom he met for the first time and Superman in the corner beside him. The heroes are chatting happily.

Because they were talking about important and confidential content, the whispers of the two people in the corner were almost close to each other.

Oliver couldn't help frowning, and interrupted the whisper between the two: "Barry, we have to continue talking about this transformation. Thea, it's time for you to go home and go to bed."

The two turned their heads to look at him together.

"Sweetheart," Oliver had already walked over, touched his sister's head, and almost half-armed her to the door, "We are all fine today, you can sleep peacefully. When you are almost home, I will Called from your room. Good night."

Thea came here tonight just to make sure her brother was not injured.Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, she didn't insist and nodded.

After watching his sister close the door and leave, Green Arrow turned around and looked at The Flash:

"Barry, you should know that people like us who are always in danger should not have girlfriends."

"Huh?" The Flash froze for a moment, his face full of bewilderment.

The author has something to say: Barry: No, I'm not, I don't!

For a character like the master who never confesses his inner world, he just wants to hit a straight ball!