my heart wrenches

“I didn’t replace you Jay. Tim’s a good kid. He came here of his own accord. Said he knew I was Batman. Then proceeded to tell me that Batman was violent, that he needed a Robin. He was so persistent, and after Dick left and you died I just, needed someone to lean on. And poor Tims messed up too. He was too much of a kind soul. Just like you. Sacrificing your lives for the better good. You never even got to finish your childhood. And the Joker, I wanted to fucking kill him. All of your lives have been somehow altered by him. You don’t know how many times I dream of killing him in the most cold blooded ways Jaybird. Snapping his skinny little neck. It would be too easy. And once I started I could never stop. I’m sorry Jason. It was my fault you died.” Bruce stood up and put his glass in the sink, and brushed invisible dust off his pants.