he’s taken to spending time with her in the aftermath of everything . he feels like he OWES her and has to stick around to make sure she’s okay . she’s not . no one is it seems , and he’s running around like an imposter in WALLY’S suit making everyone REMEMBER . ❛ do you BLAME me ? ❜ he blurts suddenly . asking the question he’s be wondering since he saw the LOOK on artemis’ face .
❛ because i totally would if i were you and … and he would still be here if it wasn’t for ME . that was what created the energy imbalance ! and it’s why all the energy went after him instead of dissipating because i was going too fast , and if i had just slowed down and stopped trying to show off and one up him , or … OR if i just let wally and barry handle it … they handled stuff like like that all the time ! it would have been fine ! but i messed it all up . ❜
SHE HAS A FILTER WITH BART , with everyone lately. she’s running on delayed reactions. it helps her lock away the rapid fire information being thrown at her to be processed later and tells her when to focus on the conversation at hand. it takes a whole of three seconds for his words to pass through that filter and she’s suddenly tripping over any kind of good reaction. she’s never been so grateful for his rambling. it gives her the short time she needs to force her face into submission and mask the surprise ( and the guilt , hurt , anger that follow. ) ❛ BART … ❜
❛ i - no , i don’t blame you. ❜ get that out first. disarm the situation and then address the root of the problem. ❛ this … i don’t even know what to call it. THIS COSMIC , BULLSHIT JOKE ? no one thinks it’s your fault , okay ? because it’s not. it’s not your fault that he’s - it’s - it’s not your fault ! it’s the reach’s fault and … he knew what he was doing. if you weren’t there thing’s would have been so much worse. none of us would be here. ❜ it feels like she’s clipping wires , like two time bombs are in her hands. the wrong one goes and things go BOOM.
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