Donna listens -- actually listens as Nessie speaks, waiting for her to finish. After Nessie stops, Donna is quiet for a moment, thinking.
"I knew him when he was a kid," she says. "He was a good kid. His death devastated Nightwing and hurt us all. When I heard about what he did when he came back, I didn't know what to think. When he came to me after Duela's death and we got dragged into the hunt for Ray Palmer, I gave him a chance."
"It's not that he can't be nice, or heroic, or that I can't believe he can change. I always believe in redemption. It's an Amazon value. But I've seen how unstable and unpredictable he can be. He can be brutal and vicious, and he'll kill without a second thought. And it's worse because it comes out of nowhere, and he doesn't even understand why you're upset."
"There is something broken in him. And I don't want you to get hurt because of it."
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:55 am (UTC)Donna listens -- actually listens as Nessie speaks, waiting for her to finish. After Nessie stops, Donna is quiet for a moment, thinking.
"I knew him when he was a kid," she says. "He was a good kid. His death devastated Nightwing and hurt us all. When I heard about what he did when he came back, I didn't know what to think. When he came to me after Duela's death and we got dragged into the hunt for Ray Palmer, I gave him a chance."
"It's not that he can't be nice, or heroic, or that I can't believe he can change. I always believe in redemption. It's an Amazon value. But I've seen how unstable and unpredictable he can be. He can be brutal and vicious, and he'll kill without a second thought. And it's worse because it comes out of nowhere, and he doesn't even understand why you're upset."
"There is something broken in him. And I don't want you to get hurt because of it."