"Maybe," he says again. Obviously not convinced. She's not part of the Titans. The Outsiders? He thought he knew every line-up they'd fielded with Dick on the team... and when Dick joined, he was already Nightwing. Would Bruce really have hidden something like this from him?
More importantly, could Oliver Queen have possibly kept the existence of any sidekick hidden for long, even if she didn't last? That would be a real stretch.
"That's less important," he says after a moment. "What matters is that you're here, now. This island doesn't really need vigilante crimefighters. But it does need defenders. Detectives. People who will intervene when it pulls nastier tricks, and who will work to find out what it is that we're all doing here. Who's in charge, who's keeping us here.
"How to get home."
He lets that sink in for a moment.
"So. I've never heard of you. You've never heard of me. But we need to figure out if we can trust each other."
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More importantly, could Oliver Queen have possibly kept the existence of any sidekick hidden for long, even if she didn't last? That would be a real stretch.
"That's less important," he says after a moment. "What matters is that you're here, now. This island doesn't really need vigilante crimefighters. But it does need defenders. Detectives. People who will intervene when it pulls nastier tricks, and who will work to find out what it is that we're all doing here. Who's in charge, who's keeping us here.
"How to get home."
He lets that sink in for a moment.
"So. I've never heard of you. You've never heard of me. But we need to figure out if we can trust each other."