[There's an uneasy feeling in his stomach and in his head at the kid's words. Dead and a failure. That's how this kid had come to know him, but Jason can see posturing and playing around when he sees it. It might be what he thinks, but there's something more to it. There's some element of having this information dangled before him.

He just needs to keep a steady head. He needs to keep pushing this to find out what he needs to know.

(But the temptation to take the butt of his gun and smack it against Robin's mouth is very high. Some would say it's too high.

Some people aren't Jason Todd.)]

I wonder what Alfred would say to that. [It's managed more as a way of recovery.] That's the kind of egotism that he liked to take care of. Bruce, on the other hand, he's only attentive when it matters. So, how much do you matter? How much until you die next? 'Cause the guy before you, he had to go somehow, right?

[And at no point is he going to say "you're right, I don't actually no." That isn't very tactically sound.]