Futureknight verse: Wayne Manor: Different Bat-Time, Different Bat-Channel Part II

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Helena was beginning to get depressed.  She'd tried--several times--to get home, all without success.  She was already missing her teammates--not to mention hoping to God that they weren't going out of their mind with worry about her.  And frankly, this Gotham was too different, too strange, too far ahead of her own for her to ever be comfortable here.

"I just want to go home," she muttered.  "Or to do something useful... Why the heck am I even here?"

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Prudence nodded and looked out over the grounds. "She took me under her wing, and at one point had intentions to adopt my younger brother."

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"That's Mom all over. Heart as big as all outdoors."

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"Indeed." Her lips thinned against unseemly display of emotion.

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Helena reached out and put a hand on the other woman's shoulder. "It's all right. I miss her too."

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Prudence smiled faintly. "You are the very image of Miss Kathryn, but for your eye colour. I had not thought of her for years, nor Thomas."

It was plain that she wasn't talking about the cat. Her eyes wouldn't hold that much sadness if she were.

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Her own counterpart, and hadn't Brenda mentioned an older brother with that name?

The hand on the shoulder became a full hug.

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She had, but it was a different Thomas.

The hug made her swallow and brush at her eyes as she moved to reciprocate. "Forgive me."

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"Nothing to forgive," she said.

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She sighed. "Thomas lost his life protecting Miss Kathryn."

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"I... I'm sorry."

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"So long ago," she mused. Then shook her head and apologized again before attempting to briskly pull away.

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Helena let her break away.