Kon scowled as Robin started shouting back at him, trying to hold onto his anger. He didn't want to have to deal with this! He didn't want to have know that- And what did Robin expect him to say or think anyway? Was he supposed to be happy? To thank Robin for telling him-
Telling him-
Telling him that 'oh, by the way you're going to die in a few years'? It had always been possible, he'd come close to dying so many times already it shouldn't be a surprise that one day it stopped being 'close to'. But it was. He'd thought- He'd been afraid that he'd get left behind, that he'd be stuck watching all his friends grow up, move on, maybe die and he'd still be sixteen. But it was the other way around and that wasn't any easier to deal with and just what was he supposed to do!
He blinked uncertainly at Robin as he reassured him that the other Superboy - the other guy who called himself Superboy - wasn't him. Which made the whole thing a little less messed up but not by much. But it meant something, that Robin was trying to make the whole thing less screwed up.
Kon sighed, scrubbing at his face. Letting out a shaky laugh he said, "Do me a favour Rob? Don't ever become a comedian. You have the worst sense of timing ever."
He didn't know what to do or say so he just wasn't going to think about it. Or anything if he could avoid it. Except he couldn't avoid thinking entirely. Robin had said other stuff, about how everyone he cared about had died. Which just - geez! It just couldn't be true either. It shouldn't be true. But.
"What else happened?" he asked quietly. "You said- Geez, Rob, what else?"
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Telling him-
Telling him that 'oh, by the way you're going to die in a few years'? It had always been possible, he'd come close to dying so many times already it shouldn't be a surprise that one day it stopped being 'close to'. But it was. He'd thought- He'd been afraid that he'd get left behind, that he'd be stuck watching all his friends grow up, move on, maybe die and he'd still be sixteen. But it was the other way around and that wasn't any easier to deal with and just what was he supposed to do!
He blinked uncertainly at Robin as he reassured him that the other Superboy - the other guy who called himself Superboy - wasn't him. Which made the whole thing a little less messed up but not by much. But it meant something, that Robin was trying to make the whole thing less screwed up.
Kon sighed, scrubbing at his face. Letting out a shaky laugh he said, "Do me a favour Rob? Don't ever become a comedian. You have the worst sense of timing ever."
He didn't know what to do or say so he just wasn't going to think about it. Or anything if he could avoid it. Except he couldn't avoid thinking entirely. Robin had said other stuff, about how everyone he cared about had died. Which just - geez! It just couldn't be true either. It shouldn't be true. But.
"What else happened?" he asked quietly. "You said- Geez, Rob, what else?"