[Comprehensive British and American] Family Matters

The residents of Wakanda gradually got used to a blue figure flying over the sky at high speed from time to time, sometimes holding a person in his hand, sometimes holding a heavy object, and even being seen carrying it a few times and being injured in a fight rhino.

Everyone knows this big, weird-looking, kid-talking guy is a benevolent alien.Even if he was intimidated by his size at first, seeing him sitting on the ground and letting the children climb his strong body like a hill, not only will he not get angry, but he will also carefully protect the children who climbed to the top of his head so that they will not have any trouble. In the scene of Chance falling and getting injured, three-quarters of the fear has disappeared.

Dora's guards, on the other hand, showed their spirit of excellence and took turns to learn from Artemis, a female warrior from another world. The Amazon female warrior looked like she lacked interest, but she accepted every invitation to practice without exception. , and conduct a point-to-point competition with the opponent.Not only the official guards, but even the candidates who are still in training are eager to try and prepare for the challenge - there are rumors that Mbaku, the leader of the Jabari tribe, is also among the challengers, just pay attention to the crowd that appears during the unpopular challenge period , there is one who always keeps his arms tightly clamped to his chest, and walks as if deliberately a little hunched over, trying to make himself smaller.

Rumors have yet to be confirmed.

The elders of the tribe worriedly hoped that His Majesty the King would take action against such rumors. Although Mbaku had been hiding in the mountains for many years and had little contact with people from other tribes, he was still the leader of the dignified Jabari tribe after all. Such rumors were true. It's... not good.

T'Challa said he heard the opinions of the elders, but now he has no time to deal with M'Baku's image problem-the cousin on the back of his ass who dug out Uncle Enjob's old account books from nowhere is chasing after him. As he asked for the inheritance (including interest), it was like a gangrene that couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

"T'Challa! I've counted. I'm missing a scimitar, two plates, and one that is said to be broken, but my father is reluctant to throw away a very commemorative candlestick!" Njadaka's voice came from the corner of the corridor. came.

T'Challa twisted his expression, speeded up and turned into the nearest room before hearing footsteps behind him, locked the door, held his breath and waited for the alarm to clear.

There is no reason why your Wang Chengtian is being chased for debts without any image, but he still has to help his courtiers to protect their face!Understand?

***

Jason found Bruce on the highest observation deck in Wakanda.

"The notice outside said that the observation deck and the sky garden are only open until nine o'clock in the evening." Jason looked down at the time on his phone (there are not many functions left on his phone here), "it's eleven It's time, do you think I should report someone for illegal intrusion?"

Bruce ignored Jason's witticism, and sat on the edge of the observation deck's guardrail in a dangerous posture that was strongly prohibited by the visit notice, a Batman without a bat suit.

Getting used to Bruce's indifference when he entered Batman mode, Jason found a place not far from Bruce to sit down, with one foot dangling outside the guardrail. If anyone else passed by at this time, he would definitely yell: "Think for 2 more minutes, you don't have to commit suicide!"

"So, I have spent a lot of time in Wakanda, do you have any experience to share?" Jason looked like a paparazzi digging gossip, and elbowed Bruce, "It is said that Wakanda is the utopia of this earth. oh!"

"It won't be soon." Bruce looked at the night view of the city under his feet. It was completely different from Gotham, which was shrouded in oppressive gloom both day and night. The city of Wakanda glowed with vitality even in the night, "Besides , this is not utopia, this country is just living in the dream bubble left by the predecessors for generations to enjoy itself."

"Yes, yes, but the bubble will burst one day, I understand! You are really a realist." Jason made an explosive gesture, and looked helplessly as he was about to kill the world. Bruce, "But if you were sitting on that throne today, your dad, grandpa, great-grandpa...all of them chose to keep the dream bubble going, would you choose to open Wakanda?"

Bruce finally turned his head and met Jason's eyes. He couldn't see the slightest emotional ups and downs in his expression and eyes, which made Jason feel as if he had been completely seen through.

"You don't need to beat around the bush like this, Jason."

As soon as Bruce said the first half of the sentence, Jason already tensed his shoulders and looked like a vigilant cat, but he still had to put on an expression of "I don't understand what you're saying" on his face.Bruce once spent a lot of effort trying to get Jason to get rid of this blunt acting skills, until he found that once the kid encountered a crisis that required embarrassing acting skills, he would open his mouth for that kind of trash talk, Dongla Sira's ability to make sure everyone thinks he's playing tricks, but can't point out anything suspicious (because there's nothing suspicious about his body), even Bruce can't help himself.

But this kid can't even steal a biscuit when he comes home...Looking at the little eyes wandering around and the blunt body movements in front of him, Bruce sometimes really wonders if Jason has a drama switch on him, and now is in the OFF state.

"I know you want to say that if it were you, you would choose to be open." Bruce turned his gaze back to the night view of the city below, "You don't need to hint, I won't force you to accept my... iron law."

Jason's eyes widened, like a small animal startled by the headlights at night.It looks a little cute, but it also makes Bruce feel a little bit bitter in his heart. It's just such a simple sentence that can shock his children like this. What kind of stubborn and old-fashioned image was he in Jason's heart in the past?

Unlike what most people think, Batman and Bruce Wayne will listen to other people's ideas and then correct themselves. They are not really completely self-centered old bastards, thank you.

"Your child is not yours,

They are the children of "life", the longing of life itself.

They were born through you, but not from you,

Although they are with you, they do not belong to you.

You can give them love, but don't give them your thoughts,

Because they have their own minds. "

Bruce knows that this kind of behavior of suddenly starting to recite verses in the middle of a speech is really artificial, but if Bruce is to use his own words from the incident of the Court of Owls, until they fall into this universe that does not belong to them-Bruce finally does not have Batman, Various reasons such as Wayne Enterprises and the Justice League stand in the way so that I can suspend thinking about where my role as a father has failed.

Dick's attitude is obvious-I respect your authority as an elder, but I don't need you to dictate my affairs.One of them is in Gotham and the other is in Bloomhaven, maintaining a distance that is neither too distant nor too close. Dick will go home occasionally for dinner and stay for a few nights. Don't push each other too tightly. .

Jason is a child with ill-fated fate, but as long as he thinks that even though he has experienced all kinds of hardships, Jason still has not lost his care for the most vulnerable groups in Gotham, as well as the various support programs he personally planned, and he can't suppress his chest. Proud of this kid.But the days when Jason and Thalia and the big caste trained together, and earlier, in a ghost state and the time when Yondu, the blue-skinned space bandit, did have an indelible impact on Jason's character Influence.

When Jason was a child, if he had a disagreement with Bruce, he would quarrel with Bruce angrily, and then he would be sulking alone for several days.

At that point Bruce was sure that his own thoughts were important to Jason.

Now... Bruce really didn't know how much weight his words had on Jason.

Since Jason killed the members of the owl court, Bruce and him had a less heated conversation about "no matter how bad the other party is, we shouldn't kill people", and finally ended with Jason saying: "I'm sorry, I can't Be the son you want." From the day of the conclusion, Bruce realized that he was really not sure what Jason was thinking.

Especially since that day, Jason seems to be completely unaffected, and he can even cause trouble with Starfire and the arsenal, and now he has provoked Artemis and Bizarro... It is completely telling Bruce with actions: "Old man, No matter what you say, if you break your mouth, you still want to beat me to death, I will not accept your statement."

Bruce never said it, but he cared a lot about it.

Until he looked at Wakanda from the perspective of a bystander, the country was lingering in the ancestral teachings of the fathers and the values ​​​​of the new generation. He could see clearly that the protection of the fathers could only make Wakanda go so far. The gods bless the Amazons, and the barriers set up by the gods will eventually fail one day.

Even if he asked Jason to bow his head and accept his ideas at this moment, it was only a matter of abruptly delaying the inevitable development for ten days and a half months.

—Children are born through the lives of their parents, but never belong to them.

"Your house may house them, but not their souls,

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,

You can't go there, not even in a dream.

You can force yourself to be like them, but don't try to make them like you.

For life goes not backward nor stops at yesterday. "

Jason recited the latter part of the poem fluently, every pause and every cadence contained emotions that were almost overflowing, so that the last sentence sounded a bit suppressed and choked.

"You are like a bow,

Children are arrows of life shot from you.

The archer sees the target on the infinite path,

So he bends your bow with all his might, hoping his arrows will go far and fast. "

Bruce showed his first smile of the night, reached out his hand to catch Jason's shoulders that were as strong as his own—maybe wider than his own, patted him lightly twice, and then rubbed the shoulders that had already been blown by the wind Disgustingly spoiled hair.

"I didn't know you still read Gibran." Jason sniffed, the damn temperature difference between day and night made his nose runny.

"Otherwise, do you think that "The Prophet" on the bookshelf was jumped up by yourself?" Bruce shook off the thin blanket that had been hiding in the shadow around him, draped it over Jason's shoulders and pretended not to see that the other party secretly took it. With his face buried in the fabric, "It's really cold at night."

Rubbing his arms, Bruce went straight to the entrance and exit of the "illegal intrusion" viewing platform. He looked back at Jason who was holding the blanket tightly and looking up at the starry sky. little robin.

"Surrender gladly in the hand of God,

For he loves the arrow that flies,

Love the stable bow too. "

His little Robin might not grow up to be what he imagined, but there was no doubt about it, no doubt about it.

No matter what little Robin looks like, it will be the best thing in his life.