Wally frowned in confusion. "Wait, fictional character? You mean they actually went ahead and started making all those movies and books and musicals and stuff they were talking about recently?" But even if they had, this Bruce didn't seem to know about the League as much, as far as he could tell, and even if he did and things were essentially the same, that wouldn't explain why people would think the Batman was fictional.
"I'm confused," he confessed. "But I haven't met anyone who knew about the League at all, or knew who Wally West was. But I have been pretty careful, promise." He chewed his lower lip nervously, knowing that his idea of 'pretty careful' and Batman's were entirely different.
"But, I, uh, did tell a couple of people about my powers. Couldn't really avoid it," he admitted. "The first night I was here I got caught using my speed by this kid. I think I got lucky with that one though," he added hastily. "You know it turned out that the guy is Clark Kent? But he's really different from the Clark we know. Younger and he looks and acts differently, but I'm pretty sure he's the real deal."
He wasn't sure if he should talk about the other time, but the chance Bats wouldn't notice him skipping it over was practically nonexistent. "And the other night I had to use them to help my roommate out. But Tony said he's part of a superhero team where he's from, so he was pretty cool about it. I think he's kinda like you and just uses technology to do stuff. Maybe you guys can catch up some time?"
Wally nodded to the question about the front door. "The first night I just... kinda tried to go straight out through that. I met Clark there and, now I think about it, maybe he broke the lock? I coulda sworn it was locked when I tried it, but he got it open. But yeah, the moment we got outside almost we got attacked by these weirdo lizard dragonfly things."
The multiple questions didn't really bother Wally as they might have anyone else, he was used to debriefings with Bats and also welcomed having someone who was better at putting together information to talk to.
"Yeah, I've made a lot of friends here," he said with a characteristic grin. "People seem to be coming from all over - I've met some others with powers and some aliens and people from the future and even just some regular guys. Seems like everyone's got a different story to tell. There's this guy Marcus who's put up a post on the bulletin, he says he's a superhero where he's from too and he's been trying to get in touch with other people with powers. I didn't tell him anything about my abilities though, don't wanna take that risk, you know?"
He paused, remembering something else. "I've got a meeting tonight with ZEX, he's an alien normally, something called a VUX? We were gonna get together and compare notes on humans and VUX, the guy seemed like he could really use a hand with adapting."
The subject of his own powers was one that had been concerning Wally for a while, but he hadn't really had anyone who'd known about his normal abilities and would understand how much everything had changed to talk to. In a way it was a relief to be able to unload onto someone about it.
He sighed heavily and sagged into the couch. "Most of them. I can't run as fast as..." He winced and glanced away, remembering a world passing by in a flicker of still frames as he'd run so fast... he'd left his mark around the whole planet, been able to beat what had been one of the most powerful villains they'd ever faced with his bare hands, and had become something else, something more than human and comprised of energy and speed, had been somewhere else that had just been absolutely perfect... then they'd dragged him back.
And had it really been only a week ago?
"...as fast as I used to," he finished lamely. "Other stuff has changed too. I can't do as much with what I've got and I'm not as strong as I used to be. And obviously I don't heal as fast either," he said with a wry smile. "But the weird thing is that my metabolism is still the same. So what's up with that?"
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"I'm confused," he confessed. "But I haven't met anyone who knew about the League at all, or knew who Wally West was. But I have been pretty careful, promise." He chewed his lower lip nervously, knowing that his idea of 'pretty careful' and Batman's were entirely different.
"But, I, uh, did tell a couple of people about my powers. Couldn't really avoid it," he admitted. "The first night I was here I got caught using my speed by this kid. I think I got lucky with that one though," he added hastily. "You know it turned out that the guy is Clark Kent? But he's really different from the Clark we know. Younger and he looks and acts differently, but I'm pretty sure he's the real deal."
He wasn't sure if he should talk about the other time, but the chance Bats wouldn't notice him skipping it over was practically nonexistent. "And the other night I had to use them to help my roommate out. But Tony said he's part of a superhero team where he's from, so he was pretty cool about it. I think he's kinda like you and just uses technology to do stuff. Maybe you guys can catch up some time?"
Wally nodded to the question about the front door. "The first night I just... kinda tried to go straight out through that. I met Clark there and, now I think about it, maybe he broke the lock? I coulda sworn it was locked when I tried it, but he got it open. But yeah, the moment we got outside almost we got attacked by these weirdo lizard dragonfly things."
The multiple questions didn't really bother Wally as they might have anyone else, he was used to debriefings with Bats and also welcomed having someone who was better at putting together information to talk to.
"Yeah, I've made a lot of friends here," he said with a characteristic grin. "People seem to be coming from all over - I've met some others with powers and some aliens and people from the future and even just some regular guys. Seems like everyone's got a different story to tell. There's this guy Marcus who's put up a post on the bulletin, he says he's a superhero where he's from too and he's been trying to get in touch with other people with powers. I didn't tell him anything about my abilities though, don't wanna take that risk, you know?"
He paused, remembering something else. "I've got a meeting tonight with ZEX, he's an alien normally, something called a VUX? We were gonna get together and compare notes on humans and VUX, the guy seemed like he could really use a hand with adapting."
The subject of his own powers was one that had been concerning Wally for a while, but he hadn't really had anyone who'd known about his normal abilities and would understand how much everything had changed to talk to. In a way it was a relief to be able to unload onto someone about it.
He sighed heavily and sagged into the couch. "Most of them. I can't run as fast as..." He winced and glanced away, remembering a world passing by in a flicker of still frames as he'd run so fast... he'd left his mark around the whole planet, been able to beat what had been one of the most powerful villains they'd ever faced with his bare hands, and had become something else, something more than human and comprised of energy and speed, had been somewhere else that had just been absolutely perfect... then they'd dragged him back.
And had it really been only a week ago?
"...as fast as I used to," he finished lamely. "Other stuff has changed too. I can't do as much with what I've got and I'm not as strong as I used to be. And obviously I don't heal as fast either," he said with a wry smile. "But the weird thing is that my metabolism is still the same. So what's up with that?"