[Well, it had been a gift. Wouldn't do to lose it before he's had a chance to use it for its intended purpose. He drops the mask down into his hands and spins it between them, as if only now reminded of its presence. If she'd asked him about it directly back during their stay in the inn, odds are he would have deflected with some quippy comment about putting safety first. But put it that way, easily—]
It might just.
[Convenient how it works out. There's more practical applications and all, but bells and whistles and secret identity isn't something he's overly concerned about in this particular case. When you boil it all down, the whole cape and cowl game is really a matter of measured theatrics. (Bats doesn't wear the pointy ears because they're functional.) Since he seems to have resigned himself to chasing down this particular lead before it gets too cold, there's no time like the present to test that theory.
Since it isn't lost on him that she's sizing him up, looking out into the distance, making pointed comments about his gear—]
What d'you think?
[About the mask? Or the Effect, or the criminals, or the lead dangling in front of their noses or the way he may or may not have just wasted her time on nothing..]
no subject
It might just.
[Convenient how it works out. There's more practical applications and all, but bells and whistles and secret identity isn't something he's overly concerned about in this particular case. When you boil it all down, the whole cape and cowl game is really a matter of measured theatrics. (Bats doesn't wear the pointy ears because they're functional.) Since he seems to have resigned himself to chasing down this particular lead before it gets too cold, there's no time like the present to test that theory.
Since it isn't lost on him that she's sizing him up, looking out into the distance, making pointed comments about his gear—]
What d'you think?
[About the mask? Or the Effect, or the criminals, or the lead dangling in front of their noses or the way he may or may not have just wasted her time on nothing..]