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Hey, guys! [ Wearing a pretty sweet red and blue hoodie (his uniform, as it were), Jon raises a hand to give a wave to the feed with a sheepish smile on his lips. The angle of the camera shifts after a moment, showing a decent amount of computer hardware running behind him, though the screens are a bit too far away to make out what's on them. Sitting at one of them is some other tiny nerd. ]

Robin and I uh. . found some stuff, yeah. Since most've this stuff seems to belong to someone else, we wanted to see if anyone wanted their stuff back. . ?

[ Jon gets pushed aside because he is obviously doing this wrong. ] You’re forgetting that first we will need proof of ownership, Superboy. These items could hold someone’s very life at stake and can’t be handed off to some stranger.

[ The camera pans over to where some notes and a pill bottle with it’s label ripped off rest. A hamster scurries across the table and nibbles at the tip of a page for a moment before Jon reaches a hand out and picks it up. ]

Paper isn’t good for you, Hammy-Bruce. Anyway--if either of these’re yours, and--[ Mumbles to himself for a moment, under his breath. Something something, Robin’s real rude. ]--you can prove it’s yours, I’ll come run it to you?

His name isn’t “Hammy-Bruce” it’s “Bat-Hamster!” [ Robin is heard complaining in the background before the feed cuts off. ]

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[Gotham would eat Jon alive. His hometown was a cesspool, but it was home and he would protect it.]

That is not a problem. I get Superboy up every morning at 4 am and we train. [Where they jog around the stables and might take a break to feed the horses.]

Batman is the worlds greatest detective. He protects not only Gotham but the world with the aid of the Justice League. His brilliance is matched by none and his skills of deduction are only matched by his skills in fighting. While being human he still manages to outplay and outwit his alien counterparts.

Batman is a symbol of Justice.

[How dare you not know this. He gives Jon a side eye.] Superman follows Batman around. He's an alien, who uses the Earth's lighter gravitational pull to his advantage. Lifts heavy things, smashes stuff really good, shoots lasers out his eyes and flies. S'about it.

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( he agrees with all of that up until the whole "superman is just an alien who follows batman around" thing. he turns to damian, completely forgetting the whole being on video thing and reaches out to grab onto the collar of his shirt. )

Superman doesn't follow Batman around! They're partners, they work together in the Justice League, with Wonder Woman! And he's definitely good at a lot more things than just that! Superman's saved the whole planet single-handedly more times than--than I can count on both hands! He's brave, courageous, and fights for everyone! Superman never goes too far, and believes in the best of everyone!

He's the symbol of hope. Superman and Batman work together as a team to help cover each others' weaknesses! I don't know which Earth you come from where it's not that--or maybe you should just get your eyes checked!

[ So Batman's a detective. Huh, that's surprising. He expects Robin to say something about some superpower, but nothing. ...Ah, there you go. Shooting lasers, lifting heavy things... Yeah, that's superhero-ish. So only Superman does that? Batman doesn't?

Though, he can see Jon refuting the 'following' bit in 3... 2... Wait, whoa?! While he expected some backlash, the outburst is bigger than he thought. What's this, are they gonna fight? Dang, he should've gotten some popcorns. Yeah, keep at it, kiddos. Fight and make up, that's how bonds are built!

Even within the amusement, he listens carefully to what they said. 'Symbol of justice' and 'symbol of hope', huh? The latter strikes a chord within him. That's what the academy he went to was supposed to be. His smile fades a little, but he quickly pushes the thought off his mind. Whatever, it's all in the past. More importantly, should he mediate them?

...

Nah, it's cool. It's probably even better if they start throwing punches. Sometimes your fists talk better than your mouths, that's what he believes. If it seems like it's going too far, he'll stop them. ]

[Unlike Mondo, Damian was expecting exactly this type of backlash and doesn't even move as Kent grabs him. He stares back at the boy, unflinching, staring back into those eyes that could turn red and incinerate him at any moment. But, he was getting more used to Jon's outburst and somewhat starting to believe him when he said he wouldn't hurt him. Well, less trust in Jon and more, Jon couldn't while someone was watching. Not if he really believed all that junk he spouted about control.]

Wanna fight about it Superbaby?

[He mocked.]

( there’s a difference between not using his abilities on damian and not hurting him. not that--jon would ever hurt anyone, really. his eyes do start to glow that familiar red, brows furrowed as he keeps his eyes locked on damian but--

of course, jon would never intentionally hurt damian. he’s mouthy, arrogant, cocky, but damian’s still his friend. and fighting over their dads is seriously a dumb way to get into a fight, isn’t it. even if damian was being snarky about it. )

No, I don’t want to fight about it. ( his lips twist into a frown, eyelids squeezing shut for a moment before opening up again to that red having faded away entirely. jon lifts damian up a bit more, raises him as high as his arm can reach, before dropping him back down onto his feet.

--and that’s when his attention turns back to mondo. he raises a hand to the back of his head, eyes turning away in--shame? maybe. ) Sorry. ( he’s not apologizing to damian because damian doesn’t really deserve it, but getting distracted from mondo was rude. )

[ Mondo watches intently, awaiting for the first move, butー the hell are those red glows in Jon's eyes? He frowns at it, wondering if it's just a video glitch. Jon didn't seem like he was wearing some colour contact lenses... ]

Oh. [ It's gone. And so is the boy's will to fight, it seems. But dang, he's pretty strong to lift Robin just like that. ] ...Nah, 's cool. [ In fact, that was kinda anticlimactic. ] 's good to fight fist to fist sometimes, weird as this sounds. Words don't always solve everything. [ There's no point if it's just a lip service, anyway. ] And that's just how us dudes work, anyway.