i can't find another way to tiptoe around it (for horror_tohope)

[Dick has been avoiding having this conversation for a long time -- almost as long as things have been settled with the League and the Court of Owls. he's been telling himself he's been trying to give the others time, give himself time as he settles into his role at Wayne Enterprises, but deep down, he knows none of that is true. not entirely, anyway. maybe there are elements, like how this will make them all face their grief whether they're ready to or not, but it's going to be a hard conversation and one he's going to have to have more than once. he needs to pick everyone's brains separately, at least to start. they can have a roundtable about it later. that will be easier]

[for now, though -- well, it is now. it has to be before he talks himself out of it]

[that in mind and some night late, just as he's about to head back to the Belfry for the night, he touches his fingers to the comm at his ear] Hey, Red, you still out?

[he needs Jason on board before he talks to anyone else]