[That isn't a question that's easy to answer. Bruce does care- he cares not simply on principle, but almost as a reflex. How many times has Alfred told him?
It's appropriate that he hears him again now He is not your responsibility.
But what's the point then, in any of it? Why have the money and the power? Why have the privileged and the ability, the will and the discipline? He has to use it or it'll mean nothing at all, and Bruce is tired of accepting helplessness. Jim Gordon had been there- Alfred and Selina had been there, to make him feel held not only when the world came down around him, but when he couldn't see a way through the darkness.
He could leave. Vanitas is unlikely to stop him and Bruce suspects that if left to his own devices he might give himself alcohol poisoning within the hour. If nothing else stopped him, if the soft parts of his heart didn't give him pause, it would be the sight. That Vanitas tries to layer the shot, fails. Then tries again, tries a little better. He isn't just a quick learner. He's eager to learn. To master.]
Come with me.
[His gaze flicks back up, to his face.]
I'll make something to eat. And we'll try a few more drinks.
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It's appropriate that he hears him again now
He is not your responsibility.
But what's the point then, in any of it? Why have the money and the power? Why have the privileged and the ability, the will and the discipline? He has to use it or it'll mean nothing at all, and Bruce is tired of accepting helplessness. Jim Gordon had been there- Alfred and Selina had been there, to make him feel held not only when the world came down around him, but when he couldn't see a way through the darkness.
He could leave. Vanitas is unlikely to stop him and Bruce suspects that if left to his own devices he might give himself alcohol poisoning within the hour. If nothing else stopped him, if the soft parts of his heart didn't give him pause, it would be the sight. That Vanitas tries to layer the shot, fails. Then tries again, tries a little better. He isn't just a quick learner. He's eager to learn. To master.]
Come with me.
[His gaze flicks back up, to his face.]
I'll make something to eat. And we'll try a few more drinks.