[ there's only silence when he's done. he's right; he sounds just like a member of gotham's usual rogue gallery, and the thought almost makes her laugh. stephanie asks what would bruce do in a reveal like this, or tim, or babs. she isn't entirely sure except for the fact that they'd find a way to adapt to it. whatever that means.

she wants to hit him though. so, she steps forward again, so that they're close and she can slap him. ]

What about now? You said it's what you were doing here. Hikage-- [ her voice cracks. ] I need you. And I know that... sometimes you make a decision that just spirals into something, especially when you don't have anything to hold you back. So please, just stay with me? I'll just hit you if you do anything crazy. But I need you.

[ adapt, adapt, adapt. there isn't a lot she can do in this situation other than take his hand or reject him, and the latter is basically signing a death warrant. but mostly, steph wants to believe that there's good in him. this isn't exactly the same as where he was before. things are different. the fact that he's even admitting to all of this instead of keeping it a secret says... something. ]