"Jason, wait, I just want to talk!" Gar hurriedly yelled at Jason as the other boy walked away from him. "I'm alone, and I'm not wired!"

Jason scoffed, and kept walking. Gar followed, and counted this entire interaction so far as a win. Anyone else surely would've been attacked by now.

"Humor me, Jay," Gar said. "All I wanna do is catch up. No capes or cowls. Just... Us."