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[ The message, explains the functions of a phone (texting, GPS tracking, how to set his camera to take a series of quick photos, zooming in and out, if he sees anything suspicious etc.), as well as various codes and encryptions used digitally. At the very end of the instructive manual, it explains this particular encryption used for this message is as secure as Bruce can make it — it will call Bruce if anyone tries to hack it, and if they succeed, it'll erase Steve's phone's data immediately as a safeguard. After which, ]
ACCEPT DOWNLOAD? Y / N
ACCEPT DOWNLOAD? Y / N
Edited 2017-12-11 05:13 (UTC)
[ This isn't spy business. He's honest around friends. Or whatever they are. (Let's not put a label on it yet.) ]
Everyone's a work in progress.
[ In reply to his question: ] Yes. Still figuring out what work could be useful to me learning more information. [ Maybe even classified information... ]
I thought maybe bar work. That's generally one of the best places for secrets to slip out, thanks to alcohol.
[ That, and who wouldn't spill their secrets to a barman with eyes like his? ]
Do you have a job here or do you just stalk people all day? [ Half teasing, half serious. ]
Everyone's a work in progress.
[ In reply to his question: ] Yes. Still figuring out what work could be useful to me learning more information. [ Maybe even classified information... ]
I thought maybe bar work. That's generally one of the best places for secrets to slip out, thanks to alcohol.
[ That, and who wouldn't spill their secrets to a barman with eyes like his? ]
Do you have a job here or do you just stalk people all day? [ Half teasing, half serious. ]
I'm not a hero. I did what any soldier would have done. One sacrifice for the lives of many.
I said my final goodbye to her. She didn't know what I was doing.
She can't know. Maybe she'll wake up here one day and remember, and I'll deal with the consequences when that happens, but I don't want her knowing until that happens, if it happens. It might upset her knowing.
[ Might? ]
I said my final goodbye to her. She didn't know what I was doing.
She can't know. Maybe she'll wake up here one day and remember, and I'll deal with the consequences when that happens, but I don't want her knowing until that happens, if it happens. It might upset her knowing.
[ Might? ]
[ Bruce doesn't consider bravery continuous. It comes in single spies — the man who shakes in a trench but throws himself out on a grenade to save his friend is not less brave than the man who walks out every day to face the mortars. People can become brave by necessity. They can be brave because of who they are in their hearts, what they're driven to do. He read it in the file, but lines on a page don't speak of the story. The photograph does. How Diana walks around in the world does. ]
[ He can't see Diana calling this any less than what it is, he can't see her letting Steve go through it with it by himself, if she'd known. This is — this is one of those things they share that he misses and wishes he didn't — the grief of being a protector and failing those close to them is not a pain he wants on her, even if her shoulders learn its weight. ]
Did you see Ares?
[ Steve might not know it, but Bruce is circling, waiting for the moment to address what he's just learnt. ]
[ He can't see Diana calling this any less than what it is, he can't see her letting Steve go through it with it by himself, if she'd known. This is — this is one of those things they share that he misses and wishes he didn't — the grief of being a protector and failing those close to them is not a pain he wants on her, even if her shoulders learn its weight. ]
Did you see Ares?
[ Steve might not know it, but Bruce is circling, waiting for the moment to address what he's just learnt. ]
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