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[bildungsromans]

Dick Grayson (bildungsromans) and Rapunzel (watcheslanterns)

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[bildungsromans]

Sometimes, improvisation is key.

[ Dick elbows an assassin in the face before throwing them over his shoulder and kicking them into another assassin. ]

Like in jazz.

[ He vaults over an assassin that had charged at him, just before unsheathing two eskrima sticks and parrying the strikes of several more opponents.

Just before another assassin can grab Rapunzel from behind (even with the mask, it's pretty obvious it's her), a stray eskrima stick collides with the assassin's face.

After Rapunzel and Dick take on their shares of enemies, only for several more to emerge from the shadows, Dick appears at Rapunzel's side. ]

The plan is to hold your own. I know Ra's Al Ghul's angle.

This isn't an attack so much as it's... an invitation.

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[ Rapunzel shrugs. Dick knows more about fighting than she did, so all she could do was rely on his advice. Besides, she seems to be doing a fair enough job as she pulls another assassin towards the wall with a heavy slam. ]

If only they knew we were planing on visiting anyway.

[ Strange, how in the midst of severe violence, she somehow manages a quip. Maybe something about being with people again, about being free, is bringing back some of the joy she once had.

Eventually, though, they were down to the last assassin. They both stood evenly apart from him. ]

Do you want to take this?

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You do the honors.

[ Part of him also wanted to say he's punched enough assassins for one day, but he relents. ]

You've got a lot of potential, you know that?

[ He speaks as if the remaining assassin is no longer a threat, which - shortly - becomes the case, thanks to Rapunzel. ]

With the right training, you'd make a fine vigilante.

[ Might as well keep the momentum up, in terms of quips and their general rapport. Rapunzel might never stop being angry at Gothel and Ra's, but she can at least remain in high spirits fighting alongside Dick. Something - especially about being free - to keep her centered. ]