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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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The Drake of my world was annoying, but a genius when it came to coding and hacking. I'm looking to replicate and in the future enhance father's computer. [He said with a hint of excitement in his voice.]

He's-- [Damian looks like he's having trouble getting these words out.] the only one I can think of that could pull off something even close to Father's design. I can build it just fine, even do some base coding but need-- [Ugh, he can't say it. Can't bring himself to ask Drake for help. Not yet. Possibly not ever. He can't even look at the mini-Drake as he struggles.] an expert coder to come close to replicating Father's design.

Security, searches, filing, analysis, the works. Do you think you can manage? With my help of course. [You'd be clueless otherwise, just admit it!]

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Of course.

[Asking for help is hard, so Tim's going to give him a pass on how long it took him to get the words out.]

I think I can come up with something. I've studied Bruce's system enough that I should be able to build something similar, but flexible enough to adapt to future needs.

[He's starting to get really excited about this, actually. He's built his own system, of course, but it's a much smaller scale than the Cave system, because he does have access to the Cave at home, so there hasn't been any need yet.

He has so many ideas.]

[Damian's small fist clench by his chest as he manages to contain his excitement. He was building a cave of his own. Like father's but it was going to be better. Damian was ambitious after all and he couldn't just settle for a mimic of the old. He just hoped Drake's coding could keep up with his designs.]

Perfect because I hope to push this system further than the Bat-computer either of us knew, Drake.

[He motions for Drake to follow him, wanting him attached to a keyboard as soon as possible. It felt a little odd to see Drake alive and working on a computer again. He shook off that strange twist in his stomach that he got whenever he remembered his Drake is dead now.]

What was your favorite part of father's cave? I liked the dinosaur.

[Tim grins.]

It's been due for an over haul for a while. Best to start from teh ground up anyway, right?

[He hums a little, as he follows Damian toward the beginning of the computer.]

Of course, my one true love will always be the computer, and I would never dream of being unfaithful, but.

I mean, it's a dinosaur. How can you not!

[Damian actually grins back, even if it's faint and he'll deny it ever happened.]

It is and I'm sure the computer will understand your infidelity. You think if we ask the closest for individual pieces we could build another one?

[He gives him a barely serious look.]

I think it would be an excellent exercise in recall, cooperation, engineering, and building something extremely cool.

( raising a hand!! and waving it a little obnoxiously, from his corner. )

I'll help!

Yes!

[Damian blinks when Kent speaks up again. He quickly conceals his excitement with a cough. Well it wasn't computer coding or too delicate of a project...]

Sure, these parts might be pretty big. You can help with the heavy lifting.

[Tim glances over at Damian from where he's already fussing with the computer.]

Also, teaching is the best way to master your own skills, so we could show him how to assemble it.

[Skills in dinosaur assembly? Eh, why not? If he could build Grayson a personal Bat-jet and car, how hard could a dinosaur be?] Naturally.

[He shrugs and as much as he wanted to look over Drake's shoulder and question or pry at his coding method, he couldn't very well leave this project alone for Jon. He took a final glance at the screen before motioning for Jon to follow him to the closet.]

We'll start summoning the pieces. [He closed his eyes trying to picture the best part. The dinosaur head! Rows of razor sharp teeth and predatory eyes stared back at them when Damian opened the closest door.]

( the game gets paused, and jon’s quick to jump to his feet to follow after damian to the closet. he’s not quite sure why he’s helping build a dinosaur, but—why not? he’s already here. he keeps two steps behind damian when he reaches the closet, waits for him to open the closet door with the giant dinosaur head inside of it before he reaches in for it and easily picks it up in both hands, raises it above his head to keep from bumping into too many things with it. )

This is waay lighter than I thought it’d be. ( maybe that’s just the super strength talking. )

That might be the super strength talking.

[Tim is still paying attention to what they're doing, and he's definitely ready to offer a hand if they want or need it, but the computers call to him, and for now, he sticks to his seat in front of them.]

It's a possibility, yes. [Damian nods as he summons another piece.]

You think the feet might be too big for the closet? Maybe I should do it a toe at a time...

[He looks to the closet and thinks for a moment that he was trying to summon a dinosaur toe from a closet... What is his life right now? The toe appears but it's a little off color from the head.]

...This dinosaur might need a paint job when we're done. [He gives Jon a small shrug when he returns.]

( the head gets left somewhere near the center of the lower level of the makeshift batcave, dropped down with the neck to the floor with a loud thump to keep it from falling over and breaking any teeth or anything. he's quick to return to damian, arms held out to grab onto whatever other pieces he pulls out. )

I can paint.

A man of many talents.

[He glances over again, grinning.]

How are you going to do the torso?

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