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[ SOME NERD is addressing the network today, dressed for fall with a fashionable blue scarf and sipping a cup of coffee. It's been a while. He's feeling chatty. ]

Question! Are there any responsible-ish pseudo-adult figures out there who'd be willing to give driving lessons? Someone — hint, it's me — is turning sixteen in December. Time flies! And I'd also like to fly. Ideally in a hover car. Ideally-er without crashing it into a tree.

Not-question: welcome, newbies! I'm Dick Grayson. I'm a Sagittarius, I like long walks on the beach, computer programming, and electronics repair, I'm totally available for math tutoring, and I microwave a mean Hot Pocket.

And I've been here for about a year and a half, so if you need any questions answered, I can try really, really hard to give you more than just a giant question mark in response, but... well, there are still a lot of question marks. So here are a few quick answers to some common questions. Yes, this is actually happening, no, we don't know what the deal with the Porter is, yes, you really have superpowers now, and no, you don't have to put on a cape. But I totally support you if you do. You're doing important work, and almost everyone looks good in a cape. Science fact.

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Less graduate, more branch out. I don't know if I could ever give it up.

Fair enough. I'm not sure I could either. You know, I think you'd have gotten a kick out of the Batmobile I had at home...

[ He doesn't even falter over the word 'Batmobile' now, but it's still a stupid word in his opinion; dated and sort of tacky, it makes it sound like some sort of clown car. ]

In any case, you know I'm available. This is exactly the sort of thing I had in mind when I said we should get back to basics.

You want to tell me all about it sometime? Your Batmobile, I mean.

... and I'd be up for it if you are. I mean, a couple other people have offered, too, but I should be meeting new people anyway. No reason there should be only one teacher, right?

Well maybe you should stick with them for the road legal stuff, and let me put you through the mapping routes across rooftops classes.

[ He can't do circus quality spinning kicks and such, but he is damn good at driving dangerously... ]

Your friends will be throwing you some kind of party, I imagine? You'll understand--without Alfred here, I'm even less on top of this stuff than usual.

That sounds great to me. You're the expert there, right?

I don't know about parties. I mean... it'd be cool, but I don't mind if it doesn't happen, either. Sometimes those things end up more about the guests anyway, you know what I mean? Plus there's figuring out who knows Dick and who knows Robin and making sure the circles don't overlap... it's a lot of work for one day.

[ Or, that's what he tells himself, at least. ]

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